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Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991/Do Not Call Implementation Act 2003
These days no matter where you look there is some type of information technology in your presence. It can be seen while someone is walking, eating lunch in a cafe or even driving on the expressway. Information technology is available at their fingertips. It is amazing that you can reached by a loved one, an employee or employer, a friend and sometimes people you don’t want to reach you e.g. telemarketers from a device either at your desk or even in your hands. Most people own phones, whether cellphones or landline phones, to keep in touch with family or to conduct business be it personal or occupation related. Prior to caller ID, there was a time when someone would answer the phone in surprise because they did not know who was on the other of the phone. Though invented in 1968 by Ted Paraskevakos, caller ID did not become available until July 1984 by BellSouth as a trial. Caller ID is almost an essential feature with any type of phone. You can determine if you’re going to answer or ignore a call simply by viewing the number on the screen. Even with calling features, telemarketers still manage to get through.
What were the advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of each act?
Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991/Do Not Call Implementation Act 2003
The interesting comparison of The Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and the Do No Call Implementation Act of 2003 is though these are two different laws, they go hand-in-hand in regard to what they mean as well as what they stand for.
The purpose of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, that was passed in 1991, which amended the 1934