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Tips on escaping
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NEW YORK — While the Federal Trade Commission is busy punishing companies who called people listed on the national “Do Not Call” registry, consumers can still rely on the list to get rid of telemarketers’ interruptions. The World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit privacy research group, offers tips on how to get off marketers’ lists and other privacy hedges:
“Do Not Call” registry: (888) 382-1222 or www.donotcall.gov to get on the list and out of telemarketers’ clutches for five years.
Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service opt out: www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing gets consumers off catalog and marketing mailing lists.
Keep out preapproved credit-card or insurance offers: (888) 567-8688 or www.optoutprescreen.com/?rft to ensure credit bureaus do not give out personal information.
World Privacy Forum’s Web site, www.worldprivacyforum.org/toptenoptout.html, also offers advice on how to protect one’s private information and inbox from banks and data brokers.
Associated Press