DMA/TPS Telephone Suppression

More consumers than ever are requesting not to be called at home. The Federal Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (TCPA) requires telemarketers to remove the name of any individual that tells them they do not want to be called. Calling resentful, unresponsive consumers is a waste of precious marketing dollars and effort. The Direct Marketing Association Telephone Preference Service (DMA/TPS) file includes over 4 million US residents who do not want to receive sales calls at home. Residents register by providing the DMA/TPS with their name, address, and telephone number, adding it to the DMA/TPS list for 4 years.

In your telemarketing efforts and as a function of your business to consumer relationship, you should determine if your business is exempt or non-exempt from the Federal Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (TCPA) guidelines as well as any individual State Do-Not-Call legislations.

Please be advised that we only suppress those telephone numbers of consumers that match the DMA/TPS and any State Do-Not-Call list(s) included within the DMA/TPS file. At the moment, Connecticut, Maine and Wyoming are included in the DMA/TPS file. You should ensure that your telemarketing efforts conform to all Federal and State legislation, since we cannot provide you with any State Do-Not-Call lists other than those states included in the DMA/TPS file.