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The Registry only contains phone numbers, no other personally identifiable information, and we do not keep a record of whether the numbers are land line or cell phones. There are some exemptions to the Do Not Call rules. Because of the limits to FTC’s authority, the Registry does not apply to political calls or calls from non-profits and ...
November 2024. The National Do Not Call Registry provides an easy and efficient way for consumers to tell companies they do not want to receive most telemarketing sales calls and robocalls. If a consumer receives a call that violates the Do Not Call rules or the FTC’s Robocall Rule, the call can be reported to the FTC.
The National Do Not Call Registry does not provide EINs. Before registering on the National Do Not Call Registry, a company located outside the US must first contact the IRS to obtain an EIN. International applicants can contact the IRS to apply for their EIN by calling (267) 941-1099 (Not a toll-free number).
The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, nearly three million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total close to 245 million phone numbers.
The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book contains aggregate data about phone numbers on the Registry, telemarketers and sellers accessing the Registry, and Do Not Call complaints by complaint topic and type (i.e., robocall or live caller). This year, Do Not Call data are also available online in an interactive format, with updates provided ...
Public Law No. 108-82 expressly authorizes the FTC under Section 3 (a) (3) (A) of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to implement and enforce a Do-Not-Call Registry, and ratified the Registry provision of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 310.4 (b) (1) (iii). The Implementation Act has been amended by ...
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 151 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, robocall, spoofed caller ID, and assisting and facilitating violations. To date, 147 of these FTC enforcement actions have been ...
As of September 30, 2023, there were 249 million active registrations. Consumers can register multiple phone numbers on the Registry by registering online at donotcall.gov or calling a toll‐free number (888‐382‐1222) from the telephone numbers they wish to register.
FTC Sues to Stop VoIP Service Provider That Assisted and Facilitated Telemarketers in Sending Hundreds of Millions of Illegal Robocalls to Consumers Nationwide May 12, 2023. Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry to Increase in 2023 August 26, 2022. FTC Extends its Crackdown on Subscription Scam That Fleeced ...
Telemarketers must subscribe each year for access to the Registry numbers. The cost of accessing a single area code in the Registry will be $80 in FY 2025, which is an increase of $2 from FY 2024. The maximum charge to any single entity for accessing all area codes nationwide is now $22,038 (up from 21,402 in FY 2024).