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National Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry is a registry designed to eliminate annoying telemarketing and unsolicited sales calls to your home. This service is free of charge and you can add your name and telephone number to the registry by calling the Toll Free number: 1-888-382-1222 or simply visiting the website at www.donotcall.gov to register online. This will register your telephone number with a national database.

Do Not Call Notification For Telephone Solicitors If telephone solicitations or telemarketing calls are made in the course of your business, it is important that you be aware of, and comply with, the rules and regulations governing such activities. As you may know, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly established the National Do Not Call Registry (Registry), a database containing the residential telephone numbers and wireless numbers of consumers who want to avoid telephone solicitations. The national Registry rules apply to all telemarketers and sellers engaged in telephone solicitations and cover all commercial interstate and intrastate marketing calls.

It is illegal for telemarketers and sellers to call a number listed on the Registry, unless they fall under one of the exceptions established in FCC/FTC rules, such as exceptions for non-profit charitable organizations or for prior business relationships. (The rules should be carefully reviewed before relying on one of the exceptions.) Telemarketers and sellers are required to access the national Registry at least once every 31 days and drop from their call lists the telephone numbers of consumers who have registered. They are also required to have a written policy, available upon demand, for maintaining a do-not-call list and train personnel engaged in any aspect of telemarketing about the existence and use of the do-not-call list. For more information about the Do Not Call Registry regulations, you may visit the National Do Not Call Registry at www.donotcall.gov . The FCC and FTC rules governing telephone solicitation and telemarketing are set forth respectively in 47 C.F.R. §64.1200 and 16 C.F.R. Part 310.

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