An Overview of Call List Scrubber
On October 1, 2003, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and many States started enforcing
the National Do Not Call Registry provisions of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule. Business
and Telemarketers who violate the rule are subject to a fine of up to $11,000 per violation.
Organizations are required to comply with the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission's
amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR Part 310, or the Federal Communications
Commission's Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of
1991, 47 CFR Section 64.1200.
So what does this mean for your business? If you make sales calls to customers, it can mean
plenty. And, it can directly affect your bottom line in a severe manner each and every time you
mistakenly call the phone number of someone who has registered their number with the FTC.
There is good news though! Businesses can download the phone numbers from the National Do
Not Call Registry and compare their own call lists against the numbers that have been
registered. This process can do more than just help them avoid calling people who do not want
to be solicited. Developing a structured, documented procedure to scrub call lists may help a
business to fall under the Do Not Call Safe Harbor clause of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. As
always, an attorney specializing in this area of law should be consulted for legal advice.
Call List Scrubber helps to automate and simplify the process of scrubbing your call lists against
the Do Not Call Registry. Subscribe to the Do Not Call Registry, download the area codes where
you plan to sell, import those lists into Call List Scrubber and then use Call List Scrubber to
scrub your call lists. Call List Scrubber is easy to use and is powerful enough to scrub even the
largest call lists very quickly!
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