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What is the CTPS?

How new legislation affects corporate cold calling….. The Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS) Alison Hercock – Absolute Marketing. Corporate Telephone Preference Service Central register of corporate subscribers who don’t want to receive ‘cold calls’

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What is the CTPS?

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  1. How new legislation affects corporate cold calling…..The Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS)Alison Hercock – Absolute Marketing

  2. Corporate Telephone Preference Service Central register of corporate subscribers who don’t want to receive ‘cold calls’ Legal obligation for anyone making ‘cold sales/marketing calls’ to make sure they are not calling anyone on the register What is the CTPS?

  3. 25th June 2004 legislation introduced The Privacy & Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 More information - www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk Governing body - Ofcom The Legislation

  4. Register held by the DMA(Direct Marketing Association) Businesses must register ALL of their business telephone numbers Takes 28 days for registration to take effect Stops businesses receiving ‘cold’ unsolicited sales/marketing calls Implication – might not receive sales call about service that might be of interest How Does it Work?

  5. All businesses making outbound sales/marketing calls The responsibility lies with the owner of the data Who Does it Affect?

  6. Ensure all data that is being ‘cold’ called is screened against the CTPS every 28 days Buy a service that meets your needs Annual service for ongoing/monthly calling activity ‘Units’ based service to use as and when you need it, for lower levels of calling activity Scan your data at the start of a one-off project, if calling is infrequent and not many records are involved What do you need to do?

  7. Only send emails to contacts who have expressed an interest in the subject area ‘Opt-In’ scheme Always offer ‘Opt-Out’ facility What about Email?

  8. Questions? Alison Hercock – Absolute Marketing Tel: 0870 750 0660 Email: alisonhercock@absolutemktg.co.uk

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