Companies who possess machines that initiate robocalls and/or employ workers running robocall equipment…Be on warning!! There are very GOOD days ahead for the citizen, but a lot of framework to be done to put the robocallers out of business once and for all after the new the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act was passed late last year. In addition to possible jail time, there is a maximum $10,000 fine for EACH count (each call is a separate count). Also, in addition the just robocalls, the Do-Not-Call registry is being re-organized and re-instituted. There will be penalties there as well. What companies do you think are going to go into business enforcing these new rules? The same companies that have been enforcing red-light cameras are in this brand new breaking ground industry. The legitimate companies are very prudent at enforcing the law. They know a lot of legal avenues to not only get these robocall cronies out of the business, but land them with a lot of litigation. They mean business! So if you or anyone you know is in the business of robocalling or soliciting against the Do-Not-Call registry, I suggest that you get out of the business, because it is now very illegal to knowingly initiate any automated call without the express permission of the receiving end of the call that is being placed. One company, of which I am now evaluating, is offering these robocallers to settle for $3,000 per offense to save them money to settle off the whole $10,000 fines. This is going to be VERY serious, but the citizens of this country have gone absolutely insane…not to mention that we have been exposed to even endangered situations whereby an emergency call couldn’t be initiated because a robocall was coming in at the same time. At the same time, all telephone carriers will be instituting the STIR/SHAKEN protocol into the telephone networks for better protection.
Here is a brief timeline of what the New Robocall Law is going on with the new laws:
| Deadline | Description of Obligation |
| 03/30/2020 (90 days) |
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| 04/28/2020 (120 days) |
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| 09/25/2020 (270 days) |
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| 12/30/2020 (1 year) |
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| 12/30/2020 (1 year) |
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| 06/30/2021 (18 months) |
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I will be keeping you informed, and as soon as more information is available to getting restitution and compensation from offenses of robocalling.
