If a debt collector knows, or has reason to know, that a consumer's employer
prohibits calls from a debt collector, or personal calls, they can not contact the consumer at work.
Not exact matches
The FDCPA strictly
prohibits debt collectors from calling you at work if you inform the collection agency that such
calls are inconvenient or place you in danger of losing your job.
Fortunately, the Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act generally prohibits debt collectors from continuing to call at work (or anywhere else) after you've told them not
Debt Collection Practices Act generally
prohibits debt collectors from continuing to call at work (or anywhere else) after you've told them not
debt collectors from continuing to
call at work (or anywhere else) after you've told them not to.
Though collecting
debt is legal, laws
prohibit collectors from contacting people during inconvenient hours, ignoring requests to stop
calling and making threats.
On top of that, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
prohibits debt collectors from making unauthorized robocalls to
calling you or your family and friends.
A
debt collector is
prohibited from calling you at your job after you tell them just one time that you are NOT allowed to get personal phone
calls at your place of employment.
The cardholder may find that he or she has to deal with daily
calls and visits
from the
debt collectors, which can be quite intimidating despite the fact that consumer protection agencies
prohibit the use of harassment or coercive tactics by
debt collection agencies.