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What You Need to Know About Do-Not-Call Lists
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What You Need to Know About Do-Not-Call Lists
You're Still on the List, for Now.
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If you're not on the registry yet, call 888-382-1222 or register online at www.donotcall.gov You're Still on the List, for Now.
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You May Have to Refresh Your State Registration.
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That is the case in Pennsylvania, where officials are pruning phone numbers of residents who fail to renew. Nearly 1.2 million people have re-registered their numbers to prevent them from expiring after a state ad campaign warned about the list purge. You May Have to Refresh Your State Registration.
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Signing Up Doesn't Mean You Won't Be Harassed.
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All you can do is routinely check caller ID and let such automated messages go directly to voice mail -- then delete them. "Political calls are not covered because they are not trying to sell you anything," says Lois Greisman, the FTC associate director who enforces the national registry. Signing Up Doesn't Mean You Won't Be Harassed.
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Buy Anything and They May Interrupt Your Dinner.
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To stop spiels that get past your phone firewall, request that your number be put on the company's internal do-not-call list, which every business is required to have. Buy Anything and They May Interrupt Your Dinner.
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Tenacious Marketers Are Gonna Find You.
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The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 requires e-mail solicitors to give you the option to "unsubscribe" by clicking a link in the promotion. To stem the tide of junk mail, register with the Direct Marketing Association's Mail Preference Service ($1; call 212-768-7277 or go to www.dmachoice.org and click on "Consumer Assistance"). The DMA also offers other do-not-contact lists. Tenacious Marketers Are Gonna Find You.
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It Pays to Complain.
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In total, the feds have collected more than $16 million in civil penalties -- the largest of which was $5.3 million from DirectTV in 2005. Plus, consumers have won $8 million in restitution against telemarketers who broke the do-not-call rules. To file a complaint, go to the registry Web site. It Pays to Complain.






