Regulación de dispositivos de marcación automática en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley prohíbe las llamadas automáticas que no han sido solicitadas. Solo se permiten si pides que te llamen, si están relacionadas con una deuda que tienes o si tienes una relación comercial previa con quien llama.

Es como cuando un vendedor llama a tu puerta sin que tú lo hayas invitado. Solo puedes dejar que entre si tú lo pides, si ya le debes algo, o si ya has comprado algo antes.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan recibe una llamada automática de una empresa de cobranzas sobre una deuda que tiene. Como esta llamada está relacionada con una deuda existente, es legal. Pero si Juan recibe una llamada de campaña política sin haberlo solicitado, eso estaría prohibido.

Penalidades

Las personas que violen esta sección podrían enfrentar sanciones según lo establecido en la ley.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD). (A) "Adad" means an automatically dialed announcing device which delivers a recorded message without assistance by a live operator for the purpose of making an unsolicited consumer telephone call as defined in Section 16-17-445(A)(3). Adad calls include automatically announced calls of a political nature including, but not limited to, calls relating to political campaigns. (B) Adad calls are prohibited except: (1) in response to an express request of the person called; (2) when primarily connected with an existing debt or contract, payment or performance of which has not been completed at the time of the call; (3) in response to a person with whom the telephone solicitor has an existing business relationship or has had a previous business relationship. (C) Adad calls which are not prohibited under subsection (B): (1) are subject to Section 16-17-445(B)(1), (2), and (3); (2) shall disconnect immediately when the called party hangs up; (3) are prohibited after seven p.m. or before eight a.m.; (4) may not ring at hospitals, police stations, fire departments, nursing homes, hotels, or vacation rental units. (D) A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 16-17-445(F). HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 656, SECTION 2; 1991 Act No. 89, SECTION 1. Validity For validity of this section, see Cahaly v. LaRosa, 25 F.Supp.3d 817 (D.S.C., 2014), 796 F.3d 399 (C.A.4 (S.C.)). Editor's Note Section 16-17-445 was deleted by 2018 Act No. 218, SECTION 2. See now, Chapter 21, Title 37.