Friday, September 25, 2009

Cell Phone Numbers Go Public next month.

JUST A REMINDER: All cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS

Use the "Do Not Call List Canada" web site and register your phone there

This is the web address

https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/insnum-regnum-eng

James Morton
1100-5255 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M2N 6P4

416 225 2777

39 comments:

  1. Hmmm...I missed this along the way. Thanks for the heads up.
    No doubt, however, the numbers are being "sold" rather than released.
    Could you point to the announcement of this?

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  2. And if you have a pay as you go phone like ours that does not give you an account of your billing you may not even know it.

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  3. Hmmm...a bit of digging...I find these sites...looks like the notion of a list share is a ethermyth...
    http://web.archive.org/web/20070704180717/http://www.qsent.com/company/pressreleases/wireless411privacyact
    Qsent Selected As Sole Aggregator of Wireless 411Services in the U.S.
    Washington D.C. – Sept. 21, 2004 – Qsent™, Inc., has been chosen as the sole aggregator for the proposed Wireless 411 Service by a working group comprised of executives of Alltel™, Cingular™, AT&T Wireless™, Nextel™, Sprint™ and T-Mobile™, which was facilitated by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association–The Wireless Association (CTIA™). In this role, Qsent’s CEO Patrick M. Cox testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee today, in regard to Senate Bill S. 1963, the “Wireless 411 Privacy Act,” as an expert on the security of the Wireless 411 Service and the technology that will power it. Cox articulated the measures Qsent is taking to offer choice-based, privacy-protected, wireless 411 information to customers through carriers’ respective Operating Service Centers (OSCs) that currently provide landline 411 directory assistance.

    Qsent was selected as the nationwide, sole aggregator of the Wireless 411 Service data because of its proprietary technology for managing identity data, its public commitment to consumer choice and privacy, its independence from current landline DA providers and because it had the right business model and solution.

    “Qsent recognizes the value and sensitivity of personally identifiable data and has the expertise to protect it,” said Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA–The Wireless Association™. “Their experience with managing real-time databases and key security controls, along with their commitment to serving the best interests of cellular customers, made them the clear choice for the sole data aggregator.”
    And this... http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-293502A1.pdf

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  4. In addition, also a good idea to register with iOutOut
    (iOptOut.ca is a free public service provided by Michael Geist.)

    https://www.ioptout.ca/

    The Canadian government passed legislation in 2005 mandating the creation of a do-not-call registry. The registry takes effect on September 30, 2008, yet many Canadians may be disappointed to learn about the exemption of a wide range of organizations (registered charities, business with prior relationships, political parties, survey companies, and newspapers). Under the law, exempted organizations are permitted to make unsolicited telephone calls despite the inclusion of the number in the do-not-call registry. However, organizations must remove numbers from their lists if specifically requested to do so.

    IOptOut takes advantage of this approach by allowing Canadians to create and manage a personal do-not-call list that begins where do-not-call list ends. Once you register, you'll be able to view a categorized list where you can opt-out of further contact from exempt organizations. To do this we send an email notification to each organization on your behalf requesting that your name, email address and phone number(s) be removed from their active marketing lists

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  5. Sorry Morton, this is actually an urban myth. Cell phone numbers will not become available to direct marketers.

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  6. I registered just in case. Thanks for the tip.

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  7. It;s false. Check out Snopes and a host of other sites.

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  8. Hey, are you an industry professional? I'd remove this post. It's a hoax, and it's pretty funny that you, a self-proclaimed expert, have posted this as news.

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  10. confirmed hoax.
    Gotta vet before you post. ; )

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  11. I'm thinking about conducting a reverse cell number search by going on the internet. I'm getting these calls by someone that I really don't know and am curious who they think they are dialing. All sorts of crazy texts and messages are being left on my personal voice mail and it's really starting to drive me mad. And so, exactly where do I find these reverse cellphone search sites?

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