There is an organization, the DMA (Direct Marketing Association, http://www.the-dma.org), that offers their Mail, Telephone, and E-mail Preference Services. They are designed for catalogers and telemarketers, and now e-mail advertisers, to match their lists against and drop those names on the service. So, if you are on the preference list, *reputable* companies will drop you from their lists. Of course this does not force companies to use the list, since the DMA is a self-regulated body, but it does encourage compliance.
At least it's a start...
The DMA Privacy top page. http://www.the-dma.org/library/privacy/index.sht ml
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There is an organization, the DMA (Direct Marketing Association, http://www.the-dma.org), that offers their Mail, Telephone, and E-mail Preference Services. They are designed for catalogers and telemarketers, and now e-mail advertisers, to match their lists against and drop those names on the service. So, if you are on the preference list, *reputable* companies will drop you from their lists. Of course this does not force companies to use the list, since the DMA is a self-regulated body, but it does encourage compliance.
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At least it's a start...
The DMA Privacy top page.
http://www.the-dma.org/library/privacy/index.sh
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