tjhorton@ai.toronto.edu ("Timothy J. Horton") (05/31/89)
Lately I've had the privelege of talking to the several telemarketing companies that have called to make wonderful offers. REPEATEDLY. So I spent 10 minutes pestering a company on whose behalf one telemarketing company had called. The 5th person finally had some answers. It turns out that Bell Canada sells your phone numbers to these tele-vermin! So I called Bell Canada, Orders department, to find out about having them not do that to me. I was given two company names, and subsequently called them. Info Direct 296-4488 - a Bell subsidiary - they sell your name and address to anybody, but will stop, for free - they ask your name, phone number, and address - they will send a letter confirming that they've stopped selling your info Canadian Direct Marketing Association 391-2362 (1 Concorde Gate, Suite 607, Don Mils, M3C 3N6) - an umbrella organization for several junk mail AND junk phonecall companies - they do not sell your address, but do maintain a delete list - it takes 2 to 3 months for the info to boil down to their clients