Some Rules of the Game:
- Do Not Call aspects of the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rules
- Business Compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule
- Federal Trade Commission- Guidelines for Managers of Telemarketing Enterprises Who Sell Magazine Subscriptions
- Magazine Publishers of America- Guidelines on Relations with Subscription Agents
How to reduce unsolicited marketing contacts:
Do Not Call Registry information
- FCC/ FTC’s National Do not call registry is the place to have your land line and cell phones removed from telemarketer’s lists.
- DMA is the place to have your name removed from junk mail lists and find out more about direct marketing.
Federal Trade Commission- Magazine Subscription Scams
Department of Justice- Telemarketing Fraud section
National Consumers League
Better Business Bureau- Magazine Subscription Solicitations
Magazine Publishers of America’s Guidelines on Relations with Subscription Agents are the result of intensive discussions among publishers, a broad range of subscription agents, fulfillment houses and the Federal Trade Commission, and are intended to curb deceptive and abusive practices when consumers are offered magazine subscriptions.
