The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:
A) forbids class-action suits but permits individual ones against the debt collectors.
B) permits debt collectors to contact third parties; the collectors must disclose that they are pursuing a debt against the consumer but may not disclose the nature or amount of the debt.
C) permits debt collectors to contact third parties; the collectors must disclose that they are pursuing a debt against the consumer and may also disclose the nature or amount of the debt.
D) forbids debt collectors from contacting third parties regardless of the disclosure or nondisclosure of the existence of the consumer's debt.
E) permits debt collectors to contact third parties but the debt collector may not state that the consumer owes a debt.

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The FDCPA permits the collector to contact third parties, such as neighbors or employers, but it limits the way in which this contact may be carried out. The collector may not state that the consumer owes a debt nor contact any given third party more than once, except in very limited circumstances.