...The Act of 2003 and Act of 1991 Stephanie L. Montgomery BIS/220 Version1 October 6, 2013 Nabih Zourob The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 was largely voted in the House of Representative but a vote count of 418 to 7 approved on February 12, 2003 which the Federal Trade Commission proposed the National Do-not-call-Registry without amendment and President George W. Bush signed a government wide spending bill approving funds for the National Registry. This National Registry would allow Consumers to register on online or through the toll-call-national number in which will protect the Consumers rights of not having calls by Tele-marketers for five years span. After the five years span consumers have the right to renew their phone numbers every five years on this National Registry List and Telemarketers are responsible to update their list every three months by doing so they would not be fined. If they do not honor the National Registry List they will be fined up to amount of $11,000 dollars for their violation. Noted by (Bagner), (Evansburg), (Watson), and (Welch) ( 2003), the Article FTC’s “ Do-Not-Call Program passes Congress” and received funding the National Registry fees will be collected principally from Tele-marketers. Tele-marketers complained that the cost associated with the National Registry could reach into the millions of dollars including Federal Trade Commission or FTC’s fees and expenses, such as new equipment and operator training. However...
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...Information Technology Acts Paper Esan Williams BIS/220 June 11, 2012 Professor Evie Garrreau Advances in information technology (IT) are meant to improve various aspects of life. Unfortunately, IT advances are resulting in a growing amount of ethical issues. The major ethical issues associated with IT advancements are privacy, property, accuracy, and ease of access to sensitive information. Privacy can easily be breached when information is stored in databases and shared over networks. Ethical issues due to advances in IT call for the creation of new acts to protect consumers. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 are two perfect examples of Acts being created as direct results of IT advancements coupled with ethical issues. The advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of the TCPA of 1991 and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 consisted of computer networks, predominantly the Internet, allowing organizations to collect, combine, store, and share massive amounts of data on institutions, groups, even individuals (Rainer & Cegielski, 2011). Access to specific consumer demographic information basically became potential leads for telemarketing organizations. Once the leads were accessed, telemarketing businesses used call centers to push the products or services they sold. IT advances forced Congress’ hand to offer some semblance...
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...slanting surface; incline 4. the act of inclining or the state of being inclined 5. the act of bowing or nodding the head 6. (Mathematics) maths a. the angle between a line on a graph and the positive limb of the x-axis b. the smaller dihedral angle between one plane and another 7. (Astronomy) astronomy the angle between the plane of the orbit of a planet or comet and another plane, usually that of the ecliptic 8. (General Physics) physics another name for dip28 ˌincliˈnational adj Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 in•cli•na•tion (ˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən) n. 1. a special disposition of the mind or temperament; a liking or preference: a great inclination for sports. 2. something to which one is inclined. 3. the act of inclining or state of being inclined. 4. a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc. 5. deviation or amount of deviation from a normal, esp. horizontal or vertical, direction or position. 6. an inclined surface. 7. a. the angle between two lines or two planes. b. the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin]1. (often foll by: for, to, towards, or an infinitive) a particular disposition, esp a liking or preference; tendency: I've no inclination for such dull work. 2. the degree of deviation from a particular plane, esp a horizontal or vertical plane 3. a sloping or slanting surface; incline 4. the act of inclining or the state of being...
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...laws to defend consumers, for example The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 form after Information Technology began to grow so fast creating ethical issues over customers information shared on networks. The new laws Telephone Consumer Protection Act 1991 and Do Not Call Implementation Act 2003 were necessary as information technology progress creating ethical issues over the years. References: Introduction to Information Systems: Enabling and Transforming Business, 3rd Edition R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski ©2011 Advances in information technology (IT) are meant to improve various aspects of life. Unfortunately, IT advances are resulting in a growing amount of ethical issues. The major ethical issues associated with IT advancements are privacy, property, accuracy, and ease of access to sensitive information. Privacy can easily be breached when information is stored in databases and shared over networks. Ethical issues due to advances in IT call for the creation of new acts to protect consumers. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 are two perfect examples of Acts being created as direct results of IT advancements coupled with ethical issues. The advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of the TCPA of 1991 and the Do Not Call Implementation...
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...Computer Communication Acts Carla Brooks BIS/ 220 October 8, 2012 Professor W. Paul Borowski Have you ever been sitting at home at dinnertime and the phone rings? Everyone jumps to get the phone; on the other end of the line is a person trying to sell you windows, doors, or something else. It is one of the most annoying phones calls of the day because, that is the time of day that everyone is sitting down and relaxing and being a family. There are two acts in place to help with the calls from telemarketers. Unfortunately, there are rules to every act and they may not stop all telemarketing calls but will help with them. One act is the “Do not Call Implementation Act of 2003” and the other is the “Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 also known as the United States Congress passed TCPA in 1991. President George H. W. Bush signed act and passed as a law but it was a revision of the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA act helps with the restricting telephone calls from solicitors and the use of automated telephone equipment. As time progress and new advancements made in the communication world amendments’ will continue to made to these types of acts. In 1991, Congress passed the TCPA due to the advancement in communication technologies such as the automatic dialing systems, artificial or prerecorded voice messages, SMS text messages, and fax machines. (Wikipedia, 2012) The advances in communication that brought...
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...Computer Communication Acts Carla Brooks BIS/ 220 October 8, 2012 Professor W. Paul Borowski Have you ever been sitting at home at dinnertime and the phone rings? Everyone jumps to get the phone; on the other end of the line is a person trying to sell you windows, doors, or something else. It is one of the most annoying phones calls of the day because, that is the time of day that everyone is sitting down and relaxing and being a family. There are two acts in place to help with the calls from telemarketers. Unfortunately, there are rules to every act and they may not stop all telemarketing calls but will help with them. One act is the “Do not Call Implementation Act of 2003” and the other is the “Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 also known as the United States Congress passed TCPA in 1991. President George H. W. Bush signed act and passed as a law but it was a revision of the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA act helps with the restricting telephone calls from solicitors and the use of automated telephone equipment. As time progress and new advancements made in the communication world amendments’ will continue to made to these types of acts. In 1991, Congress passed the TCPA due to the advancement in communication technologies such as the automatic dialing systems, artificial or prerecorded voice messages, SMS text messages, and fax machines. (Wikipedia, 2012) The advances in communication that brought...
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...Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 1991 Juel A. Todman BIS/220 Introduction to Computer Application and Systems June 16, 2014 Dr. David Wagner Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 1991 Advances in Information Technology have made access to sensitive information with great concern. Privacy has to be paramount as the internet broadens its horizon strategically. Various acts had to be implemented to protect the privacy of individuals. The act that I am going to talk about is the Telephone Consumer Act of 1991, (TPCA). The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 was passed and enacted by Congress, in response to consumer concerns about the growing number of unsolicited telephone calls by telemarketers and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded messages. In response, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules that require anyone making telephone solicitation calls to your home must provide their names, and the name of the person or company on whose behalf the call was being made. The rules also prohibited telephone solicitation calls to your home before 8 am or after 9 pm, and required telemarketers to comply with any do-not-call request you make directly to the caller during the solicitation call. The implementation of the National Do-Not-Call Registry informed Telemarketers that they had up to 31 days from the day you registered your telephone number to remove it from their call lists. In June 2003, the FCC supplemented its...
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...Civil Rights Act of 1964. Within this paper, I will detail certain advantages and disadvantages of each individual regulation, along with personal points of preference and close examination of these historical regulations that have help shape the American work force and the counited definition that certain aspects of them have on major functions within America’s Human Resource Management force. Accompanying this paper will be personal sentiments and assessments regarding the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Civil Rights act of 1991. Regulations Rehabilitation...
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...Information Technology Acts Paper Jamie Smith BIS / 220 April 14, 2014 John Maloney Information Technology Acts Paper Since the dawn of computer based technology, ever evolving laws, legislation, and acts are created for the protection of the public as more and more security risks are identified. As technology grows, so do the potential abuses of the availability of data, personal information, has required law makers to address the issues and enact penalties that are associated with those abuses. Among many of the legislative acts passed due to the advancement of technology, the two acts that will be described help protect the consumer, the creditors, the government, and the public in general. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, (TCPA), 1991 was created due to the advancement of telephone technology and the data available made cause for concern for the interests of the public. Another concern for abuse necessitating the need for legislation was the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 1970. The FCRA was put in place to protect the accuracy and fairness of creditor reporting to the major credit bureaus. Information technology advances and the uses and abuses of them, necessitated the TCPA, 1991 and FCRA, 1978 acts as well as the amendments since inception due to further technological advances. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 was enacted to require the Federal Communications Commission...
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...Don’t Call Implementation Act, 2003 And Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 1988 Bryan Allen BIS/220 December 11th, 2012 Jadie Giorgis Has there ever been a time when dinner is just about to start and in the middle of saying prayer the phone rings? Dad gets up to answer the phone and on the other end is a telemarketer. The telemarketer is trying to sell something and dad isn’t interested; its dinner time he says, or maybe it is some voice recording selling something. It has happened to just about everyone. Because there have been advances in information technology; the result has been the creation of Acts of Congress to address the ethical issues which could violate our right to privacy. In this essay two Acts will be discussed: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and The Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003. Both acts have to deal with our rights to privacy. “In 1991, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the first federal law regulating the actions of legitimate telemarketers. Its purpose is to strike a balance between protecting the rights of consumers and allowing businesses to use telemarketing effectively. Regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), this law requires telemarketers to formalize their existing policies and, where necessary, create new ones to bring their operations into compliance with the following main restrictions” (code of ethics, 2005)...
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...Information Technology Acts As Information Technology advances on a daily basis major ethical issues arise along with it. Information technology improves ways of communication in both business settings, and personal life settings. Information technology advances are resulting to major ethical issues which include: easy access to sensitive information, and privacy (Vandenbosch, 2004). The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 are acts that were created as direct results of information technology advancements. I believe the advancement of communicational devices has created new ethical issues for the society which necessitated the creation of both the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, and the Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003. Both acts prohibit blocked unsolicited advertising via communicational devices. Getting a phone call at odd hours from a telemarketer can be very annoying; this is one of the ethical issues that came up. It is unethical to call someone to try and sell something they are not interested in, and to make matters worse you get the phone call around 6.00 AM in the morning or at 10.00 PM. Despite wanting to advertise or sell to consumers; this is not ethical. Consumers are protected from receiving unwanted phone calls from telemarketers. The Telephone Consumer Act was implemented to stop the telemarketers and to regulate the selling of personal information, and to restrict calling residential...
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...Do the institutions that deal with people with social and personal problems always act in the interests of those they serve? Discuss through the ideas of Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault. Introduction This essay will concentrate on the works of Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault. Erving Goffman is seen as the sociologist of the micro level and Foucault at the macro level. What this essay will aim to do is to distinguish the works of both these sociologists and identify the concepts that both try to portray. When speaking in relation to the works of Erving Goffman, one must speak about his studies of the self and the identity that one creates in society. He speaks of how people are actors and that performances are what the people see and thus creating the self identity of one self. Performance is the key area which Goffman speaks about in his writings. From here, the essay will establish how institutions have an effect on certain societies and what happens to identity once someone enters into an institution and the meaning of total institution and will incorporate the work of Foucault. Michel Foucault looks at the long term history of madness, asylums and prisons. The essay will elaborate on Foucault by discussing what he says in relation to where and why such institutions came about, thus the effects that they have on an individual. Erving Goffman Identity “I shall consider the way in which the individual in ordinary works situations presents himself and his activity...
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...Information Technology and the Rise of Ethical Issues The purpose of this research is to identify what are the advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 1991, and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 1998. To start examining the ethical issues of each act it was necessary to understand the meaning of the act and who the act affected. Each act applied to different age groups yet pertained some of the same ethical issues for the creation of each act. Once the meaning behind the acts were identified, the ethical issues were easy to recognize. Information Technology Information technology dramatically has changed the course of business in a rapid pace toward humanity. These advancements have made conducting business effective and efficient by the use of larger data storage, auto dialers, auto recordings, and identifiers, such as cookies or IP addresses to learn personal information. However, these advancements come with drawbacks that include morally and ethically wrong destruction toward individuals with their privacy and safety. Creation of Acts The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 1991 was established for the consumers that did not wish to have telemarketers calling. The advancements in technology were enabling businesses to call residential phone numbers as well as sending facsimiles to market and sell products. The phone calls were...
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...IT Advances Cause Acts to Be Created Telemarketers have been interrupting individuals for ages. Telemarketers call anytime, wanting individuals to donate, vote for or against, and purchase items. In an effort to address a growing number of telephone marketing calls, Congress enacted in 1991 the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (FCC, 8/02). Within 11 years after the creation of the TCPA Act, the Do Not Call Implementation Act, 2003 was created. The Do Not Call Implementation Act, 2003 goes hand-in-hand with the TCPA. The Do Not Call Implementation Act limits the phone numbers telemarketers are allowed to call. Telemarketers were using autodialing and pre recorded messages to make their pitches to individuals throughout the United States. No matter the time or day these calls would constantly make the phone ring. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 1991 protects these individuals from receiving these types of calls. The telemarketing companies can only call from eight A.M. to nine P.M. The telemarketing company’s received strict rules toward their auto dialing machines. The companies must announce their name and give the name and address of the business they are calling for. Calls are not allowed to be made with phony voices, no recordings to cell phones, and the individual cannot be charged for the call. Telemarketing companies are subject to fines ranging from $500 to $1,500 for each violation. In 2003 the national Do not Call Registry was created....
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...Information Technology Acts Eric Mahoney BIS/220 July 14, 2014 Julie Ruse Information Technology Acts As technology has advanced, the need to set rules and regulations have increased to protect consumers from abuse from corporations as they use this new technology. With the speed of new leaps in the technological advances Congress has created laws such as Do Not Call Implementation Act (2003), Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (US Patriot Act) 2001, Children's Internet Protection Act (2000), No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (1997), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) 1991, Video Privacy Protection Act, 1988 and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (1986). These are just a few that have come into existence from the information boom. This paper will focus on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Do Not Call Implementation Act. Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991 as an answer to the consumer concerns about the rising number of unsolicited telephone marketing calls to their homes. ("Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls", n.d.) The use of automated and prerecorded messages also helped push the call for federal regulation to be put into place. In response the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) set rules that necessitate that anyone making a solicitation call to your home must make available his or her name, the name of the person or entity on whose behalf...
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