iOptOut is a Canadian-based website run by Michael Giest. It allows Canadians to tell companies not to solicit them for information by signing up. Moreover, the CRTC has ruled that iOptOut.ca Requests “Valid and Should be Honoured”.
The Canadian Marketing Association also has a Do Not Contact Service.
All these are set up because of delays over the official government Do Not Call List
I signed up a while ago and just got my email confirmation:
Tags: do not call, marketingThis message confirms that iOptOut.ca sent a message at Wed Aug 27 05:16:55 2008 requesting that the following organizations may/may not contact you by telephone or e-mail:
Allowed to call:
-Not Allowed to call:
- Green Party of Canada
- Green Party of Ontario
- TD Canada Trust
- Advitek
- Air Canada
- Alberta Liberal Party
- Amtelecom
- Antima Group, The
- Bank of Montreal
- Barrie Examiner
- BBM Canada
- BC SPCA
- Bell Canada
- Belleville Intelligencer
- Brantford Expositor
- Brick, The
- Bristol Omnifacts Research
- British Columbia Libertarian Party
- Calgary Herald
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Cancer Society (British Columbia)
- Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario)
- Canadian Cancer Society (Prince Edward Island)
- Canadian Cancer Society (Yukon)
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Feed the Children
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Canadian North Airlines
- Canadian Red Cross
- Canadian Western Bank
- Capital One Canada
- Central Mountain Air
- Chapters/Indigo Books
- Chatham Daily News
- Childrens Emergency Foundation
- Childrens Health Foundation
- Chronicle Herald
- Columbia House Canada
- Compas
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Consumer Contact
- Cornwall Standard Freeholder
- Crop
- Edmonton Journal
- Ekos
- Environics Research Group
- Fido Solutions
- First Nations Bank of Canada
- Forum Research
- Gallup Canada
- Gemma Communications
- Globe and Mail, The
- GoalLine Solutions
- Green Party of Alberta
- Green Party of Manitoba
- Greenpeace Canada
- Guelph Mercury
- Hamilton Spectator
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Ipsos Canada
- J.D. Power and Associates
- Kingston Whig-Standard
- La Presse
- La Tribune
- La Voix de l\\\’Est
- Lang Research
- Le Droit
- Le Nouvelliste
- Le Quotidien
- Le Soleil
- Leger Marketing
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Libertarian Party of Canada
- Lindsay Daily Post
- Matrix Research
- MD Analytics
- Médecins Sans Frontières Canada
- Montreal Gazette
- Mountain Equipment Co-Op
- Mountain West Research Center
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Mustel Group
- National Post
- New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia
- New Democratic Party of Ontario
- Niagara Falls Review
- Norsask Consumer Interviewing Services
- North Bay Nugget
- Northumberland Today
- NRG Research Group
- Orillia Packet & Times
- Ottawa Citizen
- Ottawa Sun
- Owen Sound Sun Times
- Pembroke Daily Observer
- Peterborough Examiner
- Pollara
- Prince George Citizen
- R.A. Malatest & Associates
- Regina Leader-Post
- Rogers
- Sarnia Observer
- Saskatchewan Party
- Sault Star
- Save the Children Canada
- Seaside Communications
- Shaw Communications
- SOM
- Source Cable
- St. Catharines Standard
- Sudbury Star
- Teleperformance Canada
- Telus Mobility
- Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
- Timmins Daily Press
- Toronto Star
- UNICEF Canada
- Vancouver Province
- Videotron
- Welland Tribune
- Yukon Liberal Party
- The Record (Kitchener/Waterloo)
- Scotiabank
- BC Blind Sports and Recreation AssociationPlease retain a copy of this message for your records.
Sincerely,
The iOptOut.ca Team
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I got this from CRTC web site this information maybe you dinot know this.
Who Can Still Call You?
What can you do to reduce telemarketing calls that are exempt from the National DNCL Rules?
What about calls from market research or polling firms?
Who Can Still Call You?
Consumers should understand that registering on the National DNCL will reduce but not eliminate all telemarketing calls. There are certain kinds of telemarketing calls that are exempted from the National DNCL Rules.
The exemptions include telemarketing calls made by, or on behalf of:
Canadian registered charities;
Political parties, riding associations and candidates; and
Newspapers of general circulation for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions.
Telemarketing calls from organizations with whom you have an existing business relationship are also exempt. You are considered to have an existing business relationship with a telemarketer if you:
Purchased, leased, or rented a product or service in the last eighteen (18) months from the telemarketer;
You have a written contract with the telemarketer for a service that is still in effect or expired within the last eighteen (18) months; and/or
You asked a telemarketer about a product or service within the last six (6) months.
Telemarketers may also call you if you have provided express consent to be called. Express consent includes:
Your permission on a written form, electronic form, or an online form; or
Your verbal permission.
The National DNCL Rules to not apply to telemarketing calls made to businesses.
What can you do to reduce telemarketing calls that are exempt from the National DNCL Rules?
If you do not want to be called by a telemarketer making an exempted call, you can ask to be put on the telemarketer’s own specific do not call list. Every Canadian telemarketer is required to maintain such a list and respect your wishes not to be called. Organizations conducting market research, surveys, or public opinion polls are not required to keep their own specific do not call lists.
What about calls from market research or polling firms?
Calls from organizations conducting market research, surveys, or public opinion polls are also exempt from the National Do Not Call List Rules and are not required to keep an internal do not call list. These types of calls are not telemarketing calls because the caller is not asking you to purchase, lease or rent products or services.