(August 21, 2008)--The government is banning prerecorded phone sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls.
The ban is effective on Sept. 1, 2009.
The Federal Trade Commission also announced that by December all prerecorded calls must provide an opt-out selection to make it easy for consumers to stop the calls.
The agency says the rules won't affect informational prerecorded messages, such as messages to notify consumers of appointments and cancellations, because they don't attempt to sell goods or services.
The FTC says there were more than 13,000 consumer comments that objected to the telemarketing industry's request to gain more flexibility to make recorded sales calls.
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