Telephone Preference Service, The (TPS)

Telephone Preference Service, The (TPS) - The Telephone Preference Service allows businesses and consumers to register their telephone numbers in order to not receive unsolicited sales and marketing calls.

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CNM, 05 November 2009 13:06:45, http://www.cnm.co.uk/glossary-of-terms.html

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Telephone Preference Service - A program instituted in 1985 by the DMA to provide consumers a means to have their names removed from the calling lists of teleprospectors.

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Source: Postcom, 12 April 2010 10:16:54, http://postcom.org/public/admail_image/glossary.htm

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Telephone Preference Service (TPS) - Industry suppression file of consumers who have opted out of unsolicited marketing and sales calls. Any organisation who does not adhere to the regulations associated with the TPS are likely to face a fine.

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Source: DBG, 12 May 2011 08:47:23, http://www.dbg.co.uk/glossary/1015

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Telephone Preference Service and Fax Preference Service (Data Protection Act) - Similar schemes to the MPS exist for the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and Fax Preference Service (FPS) which were set up onbehalf of the Director General of Telecommunications. Organisations that engage in unsolicited Direct Marketing_ by telephone and fax must not contact individuals who have registered with these opt- out schemes. Registration with the TPS and FPS can therefore help people to reduce the number of unwanted telephone sales calls or marketing faxes they receive.

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Information Commissioner's Office, 04 August 2011 09:15:42, http://www.ico.gov.uk/tools_and_resources/glossary.aspx