New York State Reveals Massive “30 Second” Law

The new year is here, and across New York State, we are ready to make this the best year yet! New York State is also trying to make things better with some new laws!

Say goodbye to those annoying calls in 2025!

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The winds are howling and blowing in a positive change for those who hate to get calls from Telemarketers.

As of January 1st, 2025, Telemarketers are now required to provide the purpose of their call plus the name and address of their company within the first 30 seconds of a call.

New York State says "it requires telemarketers to disclose the address of any company on whose behalf the telemarketer is providing telemarketing services on any website owned or operated by the telemarketer and in written communication to customers".

How often have you taken a call and it sounds legit for the first few seconds? For those who may not be paying close attention, it could be dangerous as some calls ask for personal information.

This law is designed to stop or help to prevent that from happening.

"To protect consumers from deceptive and intrusive telemarketing practices while promoting transparency and accountability in the telemarketing industry".

As we approach the second week of the year, it is too early to tell if the "robocall" companies are following the rules. But I have been getting a crazy amount of scam type texts to my phone. Most of the texts that are being sent are trying to get me to provide more information for some random loan offer and others are for a package that was either not delivered or shipped incorrectly.