Telemarketing

PRIVACY Forum Digest     Saturday, 19 September 1992     Volume 01 : 
Issue 18
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Date:    Thu, 17 Sep 92 09:12 EDT
From:    
Subject: Telemarketing

    There were several references to phone marketing in the last issue.
On the "Seinfeld" show of September 16, Jerry was called by a phone 
solicitor. His response was, "give me your home phone number and I'll 
call you back." Apparently the other party demurred and Seinfeld replied, 
"well, neither do I."  He then hung up.

    As a disabled American, I am very concerned with privacy.  It takes
genuine effort to answer the door when the Adventists come around and 
sometimes trying to reach the phone before it stops ringing almost brings 
on a medical crisis.  It is very disheartening to find you have made that 
effort for MCI.

    While I am interested in the sophisticated issues that have 
characterized these discussions, I would appreciate any advisories about 
legal protection or recourse I might have against simple invasions of 
privacy by door-to-door and phone solicitors.

    Also, please note, in my signature below -- our Ejournal could use 
a serious statement on this issue in our forthcoming issue.  If anyone is
interested, please write me privately and I will send a brochure 
detailing submission policies.  I wanted to send a general announcement, 
but it struck me that solicitation over Email is also an egregious 
violation of rights.

GMP@PSUVM
Gerald M. Phillips (Professor Emeritus), Speech Communication
Editor, IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century
ISSN 1064-4326
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Manuscripts are being accepted for the January, 1993 issue

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