Do Not Call or Text Spam

Household’s policy relating to the Federal Do Not Call Registry states:

1. A. No telemarketer shall make or cause to be made any unsolicited telemarketing sales call or message, including, but not limited to, a cellular telephone text message, to any consumer more than thirty (30) days after the consumer’s telephone number or numbers first appear on the registry made available by the Attorney General pursuant to the Telemarketer Restriction Act.
2. B. Willful violation of subsection A of this section shall be an unlawful telemarketing practice and a violation of the company policy and Telemarketing legislation; provided, a call to a consumer with whom the caller has an established business relationship or a call or cellular telephone text message to a consumer whose number has been removed from the registry shall not be a violation of the policy.
3. An Attorney General may, in cases where the telemarketer is able to demonstrate that the violation occurred notwithstanding policies of the telemarketer that were an integral part of the training of the individual or individuals responsible for the violation, assess an administrative fine.

It is unlawful for a person to initiate an electronic mail message that the sender knows, or has reason to know:

1. Misrepresents any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of the electronic mail message;
2. Does not contain information identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of the electronic mail message;
3. Contains false, malicious, or misleading information which purposely or negligently injures a person;
4. Falsely represents that it is being sent by a legitimate online business;
5. Refers or links the recipient of the message to a web page that is represented as being associated with a legitimate online business with the intent to engage in conduct involving the fraudulent use or possession of identifying information; or
6. Directly or indirectly induces, requests, or solicits the recipient of the electronic mail message to provide identifying information for a purpose the recipient believes is legitimate.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give, or otherwise distribute or possess with the intent to sell, give or distribute software which:

1. Is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of facilitating or enabling the falsification of electronic mail transmission information or other routing information;
2. Has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to facilitate or enable the falsification of electronic mail transmission information or other routing information; or
3. Is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person and with that person’s knowledge for use in facilitating or enabling the falsification of electronic mail transmission information or other routing information.