The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits telemarketers from calling homes that have been registered on the do-not-call list, maintained by the FCC. the TCPA does not protect businesses from those pesky phone calls. But what if your business is in your home? Currently, there is no provision in the TCPA to address this possibility. The FCC recently stated that it will not exempt telemarketers from liability should they make a call to a home-based business that is listed on the do-not-call list. Instead, it will review those calls to see if the call was made to a residential number or a business line. Watch out, Publisher’s Clearing House: if granny is raking in the dough selling potholders on eBay, you may be in trouble.

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