Videos

Lydia Parnes talked about the effectiveness of the Do Not Call list, which is set to expire in 2008. She explained pending bills which would make the list permanent. A video clip was shown o…

Ms. Parnes testified about pending legislation to protect consumers in financial dealings with telemarketers and in Internet transactions. The legislations would expand banking regulation ru…

A hearing was held on the oversight of telemarketing practices. The hearing focused on major consumer protection and fraud prevention issues under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commi…

Witnesses testified at a hearing on H.R. 936, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act. They talked about fraudulent access to phone records through “pretexting,” privacy concern…