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Connecticut Action for Unsolicited Facsimile or Automated Telephone Advertising Messages
Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-570c(a), (c), (d)
In force.
A telephone contact rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
What it requires
- Do not use a machine that electronically transmits facsimiles through connection with a telephone network, or a device that automatically transmits a recorded telephone message, to transmit unsolicited advertising material or an unsolicited telephone message offering to sell goods or services.
- This duty does not apply to a tax-exempt nonprofit organization or to a political or candidate committee, candidate or solicitor.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
In the frameworks
- NIST Privacy Framework
- CT.PO-P1Policies, processes, and procedures for authorizing data processing (e.g., organizational decisions, individual consent), revoking authorizations, and maintaining authorizations are established and in place.
- FINOS AIGF
- AIR-PREV-005System Acceptance Testing
Our reading of where this law's duties sit in each framework. It never says that running a control meets the law. How we read a framework against the law
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Statutory damages
Five hundred dollars for each violation, together with an injunction, costs and a reasonable attorney's fee; an action must be brought within two years of the act complained of.
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per person minimum
- 500
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
A private civil action under Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-570c(d), brought by any person aggrieved.
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does a machine that sends a text message count as a “device that automatically transmits a recorded telephone message” under section 52-570c(a)?
- Does “unsolicited advertising material” in section 52-570c(a) take the meaning section 52-570c(b)(3)(C) gives it for electronic mail, or is a facsimile unsolicited whenever the recipient did not ask for it?
What this law does
No person may use a machine that electronically transmits facsimiles through connection with a telephone network, or a device that automatically transmits a recorded telephone message, to transmit unsolicited advertising material or an unsolicited telephone message offering to sell goods or services. The provisions do not apply to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations or to political or candidate committees, candidates or solicitors.
Any person aggrieved by a violation may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to enjoin further violations and for five hundred dollars for each violation, together with costs and a reasonable attorney's fee, brought within two years of the act complained of. The provisions this entry groups came into force on different days.
When LexLint raises it
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