| Your cell phone privacy is probably very important to | | | | -only give your number out to those you trust |
| you, so it is understandable if encountering solicitation | | | | -do not post it online |
| calls on your cellular phone leaves you feeling a little | | | | -do not allow companies with whom you conduct |
| frazzled and confused. If you have been receiving | | | | business access to it |
| telemarketing calls on your wireless telephone, you | | | | -do not include it on forms when signing up for |
| may be wondering if this is legal. In the vast majority of | | | | anything. |
| cases, it is not, and these telemarketers need to be | | | | In the event you are receiving unwanted telemarketing |
| reported for violating your mobile phone privacy rights. | | | | calls, be sure to obtain the telemarketing agents details |
| Are telemarketers ever permitted to call my cell | | | | (name, company name and phone number), and tell |
| phone? They are allowed only if you have given them | | | | them to place your number on their internal |
| your permission, or they are contacting you without | | | | do-not-call-list. If they call back, file a complaint with the |
| using an autodialing device. However, since almost all | | | | Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It will also |
| telemarketing firms use an autodialer to make | | | | serve you well to register your cell phone number with |
| solicitation calls, the chances are the calls you are | | | | the National Do Not Call Registry, that way you will be |
| receiving is because you authorized them, it is a scam | | | | able to file a complaint with the Federal Trade |
| artist, or a telemarketer is attempting to bypass the | | | | Commission (FTC) as well. |
| law. | | | | Additionally, you may want to find out more about a |
| How can you authorize a telemarketing firm to legally | | | | telemarketer online by visiting a caller complaints site |
| call your wireless phone? Have you ever provided | | | | and entering the phone number into the provided query |
| your cellular number as part of your contact | | | | box. This will assist you in discovering if others have |
| information to a company you purchased a product or | | | | complained about the number. Furthermore, you should |
| service from? Have you ever filled out a contest, | | | | consider filing your own complaint. |
| sweepstakes, or other form, and supplied your mobile | | | | Finally, to avoid answering telemarketing calls on your |
| number and signed the form? If so, these are just two | | | | cell phone, screen incoming calls, and don't answer |
| of the ways you could have permitted solicitors to | | | | anything you do not recognize. Moreover, if a particular |
| contact your cell. | | | | telemarketer calls incessantly, you can ask your phone |
| What can you do? If you don't want to increase your | | | | carrier to permanently block the number from your |
| risk of receiving telemarketing calls... | | | | phone. |