Whoever reads the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) would probably be a very interesting discovery - Pone a lot of calls from telemarketing actually illegal. There are a few rules by which telemarketing companies must abide, or else you could be severely punished for their lack of discretion. However, if you do not know what those rules are, you will never know whether the phone solicitors to call within their rights to do so.

Thus, it is because the people lack knowledge about their own phone, the right to privacy that so many telemarketing are in a position away with breaking the law. Moreover, another problem that many consumers phone does not take the time to send an official complaint to make illegal calls. Therefore, not all telemarketing companies are concerned about the violation of the rules, because they are not afraid to be caught.

Are there really that many telemarketing laws? Yes. Once you get into the TCPA or find out how the National Do not Call Registry (NDNCR) works, then discover ...

- Telemarketing, auto dialer (an automated system to telephone number) is not permitted, unless you have them call you for permission.
- Voice recorded telemarketing is prohibited, unless consumers had their telephone authorization.
- It is against the law for a lawyer on the phone eight clock the morning and after 9 clock in the night.
- All companies have an internal do-not-call list, and if you request that your number in this list (even if you already have a business relationship with the company), they must be based on your request and not contact again.
- Telemarketing to make their name and the name of the company call them directly after or during their first greeting.

These are just some of the laws, telemarketing needs. Therefore, if we know what is and what is not allowed to help protect you, and can drastically reduce the number of telephone solicitations you receive. Also, if you have any reason to believe that you have received calls are fraudulent, you can create a tele-marketing series with a reverse lookup phone, or on a caller complaints website to learn more about the caller.

Dwayne is an old consumer advocate who has way too much time on his hands (the wife says) so he rants to his audience on EzineArticles.