State RegulationsAZ specificDifficulty 1/5
The primary purpose of the federal Telemarketing Sales Rule is to:
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Why A is correct
The Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR 310, issued under the telemarketing statute (15 USC 6101-6108), governs the conduct of telephone solicitation: disclosure requirements, calling-hours limits, and prohibitions on abusive and deceptive practices. The other activities belong to other federal regimes, so a producer who knows which rule governs which channel can spot the violation quickly on any fact pattern.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) commercial email is the province of the CAN-SPAM Act, not the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
- C) consumer credit reporting is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
- D) annual customer privacy notices come from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Memory hook
TSR means Telephone Sales Rules.