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FCC issues final rules on junk faxesMortgagePress.comFCC junk fax regulations
On April 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued
its final rules for implementing the Junk Fax Prevention Act of
2005. The rules permit advertisements to be faxed to a person with
whom the sender has an established business relationship, so long
as the recipient of the advertisement has voluntarily provided the
fax number to the sender (either directly or by determining that
the recipient voluntarily made the number available in a public
directory, advertisement or Web site) or the established business
relationship existed prior to July 9, 2005.
The rules also require the advertisements to contain a clear and
conspicuous opt-out notice on the first page. The notice must
disclose that the sender of the advertisement has 30 days to comply
with any opt-out request and a toll-free telephone number or other
cost-free method for exercising the recipient's opt-out rights. The
opt-out request system must be available 24 hours a day, every
day.
The rules take effect 90 days following publication in the
Federal Register.
For more information, visit www.fcc.gov.
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