CALLER ID AC T of 2007
(i) IN GENERAL_- Any person that is determined by the commission, in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 503 (b) to have violated this subsection shall be liable to the United States for a forfeiture penalty. A forfeiture penalty determined under this paragraph shall not exceed $10,000.00 for each violation, or 3 times that amount for each day of a continuing violation, except that the amount assessed for any continuing violation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000.00 for any single act or failure to act.
(E) VENUE- An action brought under sub-paragraph ( A) shall be brought in a district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28 United States Code.
(ii) Services of process In an action brought under sub- paragraph (A)-
(I) process may be served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the state in which the action is instituted and
(II) a person who participated in an alleged violation that is being litigated in the civil action may be joined in the civil action witout regard to the residence of the person.
(7) DEFINITIONS- for purpose of this subsection:
(A) CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION: The term “caller identification information means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number of or other information regarding the origination of a call made using a telecommunication service or IP-enabled voice service.
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CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE – The term “caller identification service” means any service or device designated to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone number of, or other information regarding the origination of , a call made using a telecommunications service or IP-enabled voice service. Such term includes automatic number identification services.
(C) IP-ENABLED VOICE SERVICE-The term IP -enabled voice service has the meaning given tht term by section 9.3 of the Commission’s regulations (47 C.F.R.
9.3) as those regulations may be amended by the Commission from time to time.
(D) LIMITATION- Not withstanding any other provision of this section subsection (f) shall not apply to this subsection or to the regulations under this subsection.