NADA is reminding dealers that a new federal law requires the Federal Trade Commission to amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to require sellers and telemarketers to download the applicable portions of the National Do-Not-Call (DNC) Registry within ONE MONTH of the date of any telemarketing call. This changes the current requirement that sellers and telemarketers download an updated DNC list within THREE months of a telemarketing call. The monthly update requirement is in addition to the preliminary requirement that sellers and telemarketers register on the National DNC Registry and conduct an initial download of numbers from the area codes to which they place telemarketing calls. The FTC must amend the TSRby March 23, 2004, although it may set a later effective date.
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