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:

This 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:
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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 Association

Please retain a copy of this message for your records.

Sincerely,

The iOptOut.ca Team