Only in limited ways. Under federal law, a collector may contact others to find your address or phone number, but generally can’t reveal that you owe a debt, can’t call an outsider repeatedly, and must stop contacting you at work if you say your employer prohibits it.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act sharply limits how a collector can involve other people. It can contact a third party — a relative, neighbor, or employer — only to locate you, and even then it generally cannot say you owe a debt or discuss it. Repeated calls to third parties are not allowed, and once you tell a collector that your employer forbids such calls, it must stop contacting you at work. These rules exist to prevent the embarrassment-based pressure that collectors once relied on.
Generally no. A collector may contact your employer only to locate you and usually cannot reveal the debt. Disclosing it can be a violation.
Yes. If you tell the collector your employer prohibits such calls, it must stop contacting you at work.
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