WASHINGTON - The rules under which telemarketers have to play by in the United States get a little tighter beginning Thursday.
People whose phones have Caller ID will have to see the name of a company and a phone number they can call back whenever they receive a call from a telemarketer. Currently, most calls from companies trying to sell stuff over the phone show up as "unknown name."
The change is part of the rules that set up the do-not-call registry in 2003. It enables consumers to block certain telemarketers from calling. Telemarketing companies were given additional time to install the technology needed to display their names and numbers.
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The do-not-call registry contains more than 56 million phone numbers. It's been in place since October. The telemarketing industry fought the do-not-call registry, but supported the Caller ID requirement.
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