Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!a.cs.okstate.EDU!ks From: ks@a.cs.okstate.EDU ("Kurt F. Sauer") Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Beep Tone Requirement Varies Message-ID: <2732@okstate.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 04:28:45 EST Article-I.D.: okstate.2732 Posted: Thu Oct 22 04:28:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 09:32:09 EST References: <1692@aramis.rutgers.edu> <2149@ihuxv.ATT.COM> <1073@gumby.wisc.edu> <550@swlabs.UUCP> <1094@gumby.wisc.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Kurt F. Sauer" Organization: Decision Studies Group, Inc., Box 701401, Tulsa OK 74170-1401 Lines: 24 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu Summary: It's a State-Created Regulation and Varies from Place to Place In article <1094@gumby.wisc.edu> Michael Inners writes: >According to the Wisconsin Bell (Ameritech) people: > >"If your conversation is being recorded for business or other reasons, >one of the following MUST apply: > >All parties to the conversation must give their prior consent to the >recording of the conversation and the prior consent must be obtained in >writing or be part of and obtained at the start of the recording. Or, > >A distinctive recorder 'beep' tone, repeated every 15 seconds, is required >to alert all parties when the recording equipment is in use." In Oklahoma, for example, calls need no beep tone under any circumstances so long as as least one party to the conversation is aware of its being taped or monitored. Also, these rules are merely state laws, tariffs, or regulations; they vary from state to state. In addition, if your call is interstate, many of the state laws may not apply; contact your organization's legal counsel for details. Kurt F. Sauer Tulsa, OK