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The National Do Not Call Registry is a database maintained by the United States federal government, listing the telephone numbers of individuals and families who have requested that telemarketers not contact them. [ 1] Certain callers are required by federal law to respect this request. Separate laws and regulations apply to robocalls in the ...
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ( PIPEDA; French: Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels et les documents électroniques) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. [ 2] It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business.
Another service YellowPagesDirectory.com provides for users is the ability for anyone nationwide to “opt-out” of local telephone book delivery; their website offers a portal to The Local Search Association's National Yellow Pages Consumer Choice Opt-Out Site, which allows anyone in the United States to cease delivery of phone books to their ...
The Do Not Call Register scheme gives Australians the opportunity to 'opt-out' of receiving most telemarketing calls and marketing faxes. It is against the law for telemarketers to make unsolicited calls or to send marketing faxes to a number on the register without consent. The best way a telemarketer or fax marketer can ensure they comply ...
Customer proprietary network information ( CPNI) is the data collected by telecommunications companies about a consumer's telephone calls. [1] It includes the time, date, duration and destination number of each call, the type of network a consumer subscribes to, and certain other information that appears on the consumer's telephone bill.
411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [ 1] although its official name is "directory assistance". [ 2]
Traditionally, 8-1-1 has been a direct line to the business office of the telephone company providing service on the line. From there, one may perform some or all of the following operations: Such services have been merged into 6-1-1. Mobile phones sometimes use 6-1-1 for this purpose as well. Many telephone companies, including Canada's Telus ...
The UK's Direct Marketing Association operates a voluntary opt-out scheme through the Telephone Preference Service, which was established in 1995. While the service will reduce unsolicited calls it does not stop solicited calls, market research calls, silent calls or overseas calls. [2]