How you can help prevent unwanted telephone sales calls
This is a message from Neighbourhood Alert Information sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police
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Lindsay Donnelly (Police, Administrator, Nottinghamshire)
Nottinghamshire Police Pre Crime Unit would like to make residents aware of the Telephone Preference Service. We appreciate that some of you may already be aware of this service, however, for those that aren’t, please read the information below regarding the service below.
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) helps you to make sure your telephone number is no longer available to organisations who may telephone you with offers and information you do not wish to receive. Registration with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is free.
Under Government legislation introduced on 1 May 1999 it is unlawful to make direct marketing calls to individuals who have indicated that they do not want to receive such calls. You can either do this by contacting companies directly and asking them not to phone you or you can register with a central service such as the Telephone Preference Service to stop all such calls.
Before you apply however, you may want to consider that registering could prevent you from receiving information which you would really like to have about relevant and worthwile opportunities. Registration will prevent organisations who regard you as a customer from contacting you again, unless you have previously told them that you have no objection to them calling you.
Registering with the Telephone Preference Service will not stop calls from market research organisations. If you also wish to stop these calls or any other non direct marketing calls, you will need to contact each company directly.
There are two ways to register with the Telephone Preference Service:
- The quickest way you can register is on the TPS website at www.tpsonline.org.uk and by clicking on the link to register.
- Alternatively you can call the registration line 0845 070 0707 (local call rate). You will be asked to record the telephone number you wish to register and the system will then confirm the registration. It will take up to 28 days for your registration to take effect.
You will remain registered on file unless you change your telephone number.
Information sent on behalf of the Pre Crime Unit