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  • From: matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Opt Out
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:14:16 -0500

Here is a good article from the NY Times about ways to opt out of credit offers, direct marketing mail and tele-marketer calls. Some submissions must be made every five years to be valid.
d.m.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/20/business/20money.html? em&ex=1169614800&en=9cb28333f09a9995&ei=5087%0A

The fears of the direct marketing industry came true. Once a do-not- call list was created, people did register, in droves.

The list was created in 2003, not as a way to protect privacy, but to remove a powerful irritant from the lives of Americans. The Federal Trade Commission, which administers the list, says that more than 137 million phone numbers have been placed on the list by people tired of interruptions during dinner or their favorite TV show.
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