Turn Your Phone into a Scanner, Faxer, and FilerHmmm...so how could I use this?At my not-for-profit we have a person who was hired to outreach to low income people and get them signed up with health insurance. The hardest thing about this is actually getting people to come to the...
Small businesses in San Diego that hoped a new state law would free their fax machines of unsolicited advertisements are not going to see any relief anytime soon now that a federal court judge has ruled against Senate Bill 833. The bill was struck down in U.S. District...
Unless the Federal Communications Commission acts in the next week, the so-called "established business relationship" exception to the federal prohibition against sending unsolicited fax advertisements will expire June 30, 2005. That exception, which has been recognized by the FCC for more than ...
New liability policy exclusion from ISO targets spammers, junk faxers, and telemarketers One of the more annoying interferences with business operations occurs when someone sends an unsolicited facsimile advertising a product or service, such as a low-fare vacation package, an opportunity to purchase low-cost health insurance, or a message promoting...
An effort is under way on Capitol Hill to roll back new Do Not Fax regulations that are set to take effect in January. The regulations stem from a provision in the 1991 law that established the original Do Not Call list to crack down on telemarketing. The new rules,...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal districtcourt in San Diego, California has issued a preliminary injunctionagainst Fax.com, Inc., generally considered the nation's biggest junkfaxer, in a case brought by California Attorney General Bill Lockyerand Indiana Attorney General Stephen Carter. The injunction prohibitsFax.com and its many affiliated...
By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--Steve Kirsch finds golf frustrating, so for a hobby he fights companies that fax ads. Kirsch started the Web site junkfax.org. It carries voluminous detail on ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A Senate proposalto amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act TCPA will result ina massive increase in unwanted faxes into homes and offices aroundthe country, according to the Foundation for Taxpayer and ConsumerRights. The bill, S. 2603 Smith, improperly titled the Junk FaxPrevention...
By Betty Lin-Fisher, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 18--Apparently I'm not alone in my annoying phone call woes. From the phone calls and e-mails I received after my column last week, unfortunately many of you are also...
By Al Lewis, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--If you ever invite Douglas McKenna to a cocktail party, don't fax the invitation. He just might sue you. The Boulder software engineer has taken about 25 business owners...
APRIL 2004 NEW FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FAX marketing rules will go into effect Jan. 1, 2005, restricting the sending of faxes for advertising and marketing purposes. The new rules are subject to a good bit of interpretation, as they call for the faxer to have an "established business relationship" with...
FCC sends message to junk faxers. Early last month, the Federal Communications Commission issued an almost $5.4 million fine to Fax.com for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 on 489 separate occasions. The California-based company operates as a fax broadcaster, sending unsolicited...
By Claire Cooper, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a Court of Appeal decision that lets individuals sue junk fax advertisers directly -- at a...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the CaliforniaSupreme Court declined to review the First District appellate courtdecision holding that Californians have the right to enforce afederal law banning the sending of unwanted advertisements to theirfax machines. The appellate court decision that will now stand also upheld thefederal...
Power to the people! In an apparent response to protests from fax marketing professionals, trade associations and small businesses, the Federal Communications Commission has granted a 16-month delay of enactment of new fax solicitation rules. It has also indicated it will give the...
By Lisa Munoz, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24--James Melton bought his home fax machine to keep up on work. He never thought it would keep him up at night with unsolicited faxes coming in as...
LOS ANGELES, July 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Yesterday a Los Angelesappellate court ruled that Californians have the right to enforce afederal law banning the sending of unwanted advertisements to theirfax machines. The court also upheld the federal junk fax law asconstitutional over the arguments of junk faxers who claimed...
How many unsolicited faxes plague your office? More importantly, how many do you send? The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (which amended the Communications Act of 1934) included provisions prohibiting unsolicited advertising via fax. "It shall be unlawful for any person...
By Jim Barlow, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 6--Let me climb back up on my hobbyhorse here for the latest news about junk faxes. If you're in business, you know what I mean. You get to work...
Fax broadcasts shift an estimated 80% of marketing costs onto unwilling fax machines owners, says InfoWorld magazine. But unless fax recipients are willing to take faxers to court, their fax machines and fax paper will continue to be used by junk fax broadcasters. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the...
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