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The National Do Not Call Registry is a database maintained by the United States federal government, listing the telephone numbers of individuals and families who have requested that telemarketers not contact them. [ 1] Certain callers are required by federal law to respect this request. Separate laws and regulations apply to robocalls in the ...
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ( TCPA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1991 and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush as Public Law 102-243. It amended the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA is codified as 47 U.S.C. § 227.
Driving is said to help older adults stay mobile and independent, but as their age increases the risk of potentially injuring themselves or others significantly increases as well. In 2019, drivers 65 years and older accounted for 8,760 motor vehicle traffic deaths, and 205,691 non-fatal accidents. [4]
Two facts of life have become impossible to ignore: The U.S. population is aging and the cost to take care of our seniors is surging. By 2030, all 73 million baby boomers will be 65 and older.
The National Do Not Call List ( DNCL) ( French: Liste nationale de numéros de télécommunication exclus) is a list administered by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that enables residents of Canada to decide whether or not to receive telemarketing calls. [1] It was first announced by the Government of ...
In 2003 Congress passed a law creating the do not call registry, listing telephone numbers of families demanding that telemarketers not contact them. I signed up that year and just verified I am ...
Silver Alert. Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in locating them. Silver Alerts use a wide array of media outlets – such as commercial radio stations ...
Some 25,000 complaints of the federal Do not call law has finally led to the source of an estimated 370 million sales calls the Federal Trade Commission said were illegal. The federal government ...