Under a law signed Aug. 6, 2012 (215 KB) , Veterans and family members who served on active duty or resided at Camp Lejeune for 30 days or more between Jan. 1, 1957 and Dec. 31, 1987 may be eligible for medical care through VA for 15 health conditions.
New telecommunication law in Germany. On 15 October the German Federal Government adopted a draft new. telecommunication act. The draft aims, inter alia, at implementing the. European Directive on privacy and electronic communications (2002/58/EC), but will not introduce the spam-ban described in Article 13 of the. Directive.
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules that impose strict limits on telemarketing practices. Under the rules, consumers can halt unwanted messages by telling companies to stop calling. The rules also allow phone companies to offer call-blocking services to screen out automated telemarketing calls. In 2014, the FCC received more than 215,000 complaints from consumers regarding unwanted telephone solicitations.