REGULATIONS & COMPLIANCE
Telephone recording rules and regulations exist across the world, in various forms. Some require consent, others specify retention periods and so on. Below is a compilation of the many regulatory bodies around the globe and the particular laws they govern, which pertain to the recording of telephone conversations. Below you will also find links to documents which illuminate each ruling’s call recording specifications.
U.S. 
- U.S. Office of E-Health Standards and Services (HIPAA)
- Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI-DSS)
- Federal Trade Commission (Telemarketing Sales Rule)
- U.S.Department of the Treasury (Truth in Lending Act)
- Federal Communications Commission (Telephone Consumer Protection Act)
AUSTRALIA
Parliament of Australia (The federal Telecommunications — Interception and Access — Act 1979)
BELGIUM
Ministry of Justice for Belgium (Article 314bis of the Criminal Code)
CANADA
Parliament of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
FRANCE
French Data Protection Authority (Simplified Norm NS 47)
GERMANY
Federal Republic of Germany (Sec. 201 of the German Criminal Code)
INDIA
The Central Government or State Government (Indian Telegraph Act 1885)
IRELAND
Irish Government (Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages – Regulation – Act 1993
NEW ZEALAND
Parliament of New Zealand (Crimes Act 1961)
ROMANIA
Romanian Ombudsman (Telecommunications Act 506/2004)
SWEDEN
Swedish Constitution (Brottsbalk 1962: 700)
