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Sticker on caption phone says that using the captions can be illegal. Why?

I was testing donated electronics at a local non-profit, to decide what to put on the shelves and what to recycle, when I found this: Federal law prohibits anyone but registered users with hearing loss from using this device with Captions On. I…
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California: "For quality assurance, this phone call is being recorded"

In California, it is illegal to record phone calls without the consent of all parties involved. However, when you call corporate phone number, you often get a message to the effect of "For quality assurance reasons, this call is being…
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Can I be charged for calling the police in Germany and then realising it’s not an emergency afterwards?

I am often home alone and live on the ground floor. I sleep on the second floor and sometimes I hear noises downstairs. Someone has once tried to break in. I would call 110 but I’m scared that if it’s a false alarm that they would send me to prison…
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Is it illegal to give false information about a person to a foreign-based telemarketer?

I have always wondered if there is anything illegal with an American citizen giving false information about another American citizen to a foreign-based telemarketer, such as someone who by their accent appears to be calling from a foreign nation…
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Can you de-identify a lawfully recorded audio-only call to lodge with the court and offer into evidence?

Bob, while providing lawful notice of call recording by beep-tone warning notification, records calls with a company that does not record calls where it ordinarily conveys information that exposes it to liability for policy-driven fraud affecting…
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Can a party demand you not record their phone call?

To my understanding call recording is legal in Canada, even if the other person isn't aware of it. I am going through arbitration, and someone I spoke with said "there is to be no recording of this or any other calls". Must I follow this…
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Is it ever legal for a company to instruct employees not to call 911?

First question, is it illegal to prevent someone from calling 911 in the event of an emergency? I'm assuming it is. I had an internship in large corporate buildings and have seen some weird things. On some phones it had a number to call for security…
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Can I use a recorded phone call as evidence in a federal court case if I'm a participant in the conversation (in two single-party consent states)?

Would it be legal for me to record a phone call, without the other party’s explicit knowledge or consent that it was being recorded beforehand, as long as I, a participant in the conversation, consent to it being recorded, to use as evidence in a…
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Would Siri making a doctor's appointment breach phone recording laws?

If someone built a virtual assistant like Jarvis from Iron Man it would need to make outgoing phone calls to be effective. For instance, if you wanted it to make a doctor's appointment for you it would need to be able to call out and have the…
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What constitutes consent to record a conversation?

I would like to record a conversation with another individual (who otherwise could assume privacy). In this case Maryland requires the consent of both parties to record, as shown in the diagram below. With that said, I have read that in some States…
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California: "For quality assurance, this phone call is being recorded" Can I record them without consent then

In California, it is illegal to record phone calls without the consent of all parties involved. However, I called a corporate office and it says that "this call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes" in the beginning of the call. Now can I…
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Massachusetts wiretapping law when the other party informs of possibly being recorded?

The State of Massachusetts has a wiretapping law that is describe by DMPL.com as follows: Massachusetts's wiretapping law often referred to is a "two-party consent" law. More accurately, Massachusetts makes it a crime to secretly record a…
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What is minimum that needs to be said in order to legally record a telephone conversation?

When dealing with unscrupulous companies (especially insurance companies), I have learned that it is essential to record telephone conversations. Many times, I have been provided with grossly incorrect information, but when I later try to confront…
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Record International Phone Call

Can someone located in the USA legally record a phone call with someone located in Canada, without consent? The person recording is in the Florida, USA and is having a conversation with someone located in Canada.
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Recording only your own voice during a telephone call

Is there a jurisdiction in the world where recording only your own voice during a telephone call happens to be an illegal act? The communication is possibly interstate. If both sides are recording and agree to record only their own voice during a…
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