Stop unwanted sales and marketing calls with the Telephone Preference Service
Didn't really see this posted anytime recently but it's good-to-know-type information, especially if you're like me and sign up for loads of stuff and include your telephone number in the form.
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a free service. It is the official central opt out register on which you can record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls. It is a legal requirement that all organisations (including charities, voluntary organisations and political parties) do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS unless they have your consent to do so.
Organisations with which you have an ongoing relationship, for example those who regard you as a customer, (or in the case of charities - a donor) may well gather your consent during the early stages of your relationship with them and will therefore be entitled to call you even if your number is registered on TPS, unless you have previously told them specifically that you object to them calling you for marketing purposes.
The TPS can accept the registration of mobile telephone numbers, however it is important to note that this will prevent the receipt of marketing voice calls but not SMS (text) messages. If you wish to stop receiving SMS marketing messages, please send an 'opt-out' request to the company involved.
As TPS registration only prevents marketing calls, organisations will still be able to call you for the purposes of genuine market research.
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Jump to unread Post a Commentthey frustrate me daily
Went to register and it says my number is already on TPS....so why all the PPI calls. :(
works for me
hot!
this is true - I do mine yearly and NEVER get any cold calls
seems the people I know who get plagued by cold calls are the ones who religiously put their proper telno in on web forms so they basically asked for it really ;)
gotta be a bit dumb to put your real telno on any web form
Went to register and it says my number is already on TPS....so why all the PPI calls. :(
mention TPS and they remove you immediately else you can report them
better still, just say someone is at the door and you'll be back in 2 mins.........................
put it on speakerphone and enjoy them squealing down the line after a few minutes ;)
Edited By: csiman on Oct 03, 2012 17:57
for me it blocked some cold callers but not all. worse, it blocked calls from important people/organisations
this is true - I do mine yearly and NEVER get any cold calls
seems the people I know who get plagued by cold calls are the ones who religiously put their proper telno in on web forms so they basically asked for it really ;)
gotta be a bit dumb to put your real telno on any web form
er dur, unless you want them to call you?oO
this is true - I do mine yearly and NEVER get any cold calls
seems the people I know who get plagued by cold calls are the ones who religiously put their proper telno in on web forms so they basically asked for it really ;)
gotta be a bit dumb to put your real telno on any web form
er dur, unless you want them to call you?oO
well, obviously dumbo!
I trust you did the obvious and mentioned TPS to them and reported them
TPS prosecute companies all the time if enough people can be bothered to report them......