Recording your phone calls is a useful thing, but is it legal? Yes. Can you record your calls without the consent of the other person(s) on the call? Sometimes. Let’s take a look at what’s legally required in different situations. Recording phone calls with clients and others Can you record calls with your clients? Yes. Can you record calls if you’re calling to verify information in a find person, or skip tracing, search? Yes. But, state laws apply in both cases. When recording calls … [Read more...]
An Overview of Caller ID Spoofing and the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009
In this post you’ll see how to be effective and compliant with the Truth In Caller ID Of 2009. The Law: Truth In Caller ID Act Of 2009. Wikipedia: “Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID which is not that of the actual originating station.” The law doesn’t use the word spoofing, right? Right. Clearly, the the Act is intended to make caller id spoofing illegal (unless it's done by law enforcement agencies, which … [Read more...]