Don’t Get Hung Up on Marketers: National Do Not Call List Is in Effect

October 20, 2008 from the Financial Post – “On September 30, 2008, Canada’s National Do Not Call List (DNCL) went into effect. As of that date, anyone can register home phone lines and cell numbers so that telemarketers can no longer call or fax to those numbers. Registration is fast and easy, online at www.LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca or by calling the toll-free numbers 1-866-580-3625 or 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-362-5889).

Registering one’s numbers means three years of protection, starting 30 days after the registration. There are companies that are initially exempt from having the DNCL apply to them, but if they contact you, they must abide by your stated wishes to be taken off their list.

Hefty fines apply to companies who ignore the list. Finally, homeowners and home-based companies have recourse against telemarketers who infringe on their home lives and work days… ”

180 View (written by Esther Friedberg Karp) - The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) may actually work. I recently received a call from a telemarketer (less than 30 days had elapsed since I had registered my home number). I asked to be taken off their list. Promptly, I was asked if there were any other numbers in my home I wanted removed. I was also given the contact information for the company should I need to lodge a complaint. Keep in mind that new phone numbers have to be added to the registration, and that the protection lasts only three years. It’s worth visiting the website once every three years to get this kind of protection. Best of all, junk faxes may very well become a thing of the past.