{"id":6453,"date":"2004-08-31T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T22:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/08\/31\/business-relationships.html"},"modified":"2004-08-31T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2004-08-31T22:24:22","slug":"business_relati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/31\/business_relati.html","title":{"rendered":"Business Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Do-Not-Call List is a Godsend, which is why telemarketers are doing their dangdest to find ways around it. The newest twist is establishing a business relationship in the fine print<\/a> when you go to a “free prizes” website:<\/p>\n

A reader recently pointed out some interesting language in the privacy policy of a “free sweepstakes” website that a friend of his had been foolish enough to join. By registering with the site, the privacy policy stated that one was agreeing that “such act constitutes an inquiry and\/or application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR \u00a7310 et seq. (the “Rule”). Notwithstanding that your telephone number may be listed on the Federal Trade Commission’s Do-Not-Call List, … (the sweepstakes company) retains the right to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the Rule.”<\/p>\n

There is that loophole, of course, and it makes sense. If you’ve applied for something with a company, or done business with them, they should be able to call you without worrying that the Feds are going to bust their behind.<\/p>\n

By slipstreaming that relationship into fine print, though, these “free sweepstakes” and “free prizes” sites are using that loophole to their own advantage.<\/p>\n

Remember: there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. And nobody’s going to let you enter a prize drawing without getting something in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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