The opening of the National Do Not Call Registry, a free service of the federal government developed to give consumers a choice about getting telemarketing calls at home, was announced this morning by President George W. Bush, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Timothy J. Muris, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael K. Powell. Consumers […]
Category: Privacy
Pre-register for the national Do Not Call Program
Californians can now pre-register here for the nationwide Do Not Call list that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to launch this summer. Pre-registration for Do Not Call – California Dept. of Justice
FTC do-not-call list
I always love it when government goes above and beyond the private sector. The Direct Marketing Association already provides a do-not-call list called the Telephone Preference Service (which I discovered via Operation Opt-Out). But only telemarketers that belong to the DMA actually use the TPS list. The FTC wants to make a mandatory do-not-call list […]
Opt-out of Telemarketers and Junk Mail
There are already several good tools for combatting e-mail spam, but what about telephone calls and U.S. Postal Service junk mail? Few people are aware of an organization called the Direct Marketing Association which is used by many (but not all) telemarketers and junk mailers. From what I understand, the DMA rents a centralized database […]