Data Enhancement
Telephone Preference Service Plus
Following the introduction of legislation in 1999, all consumer and non-limited
company telephone numbers must be screened against the TPS file within the 28 days
preceding the call date. The Office of the Information Commissioner can fine organisations
failing to comply up to £5,000 per offence.
Telephone Preference Service Plus (TPS+) optimises royalty payments by keeping a
twelve-month record of a company’s TPS results; users may re-screen databases and
compare new numbers against those held on a historical file. Numbers identified
on previous TPS screens are charged at a lesser rate than those being processed
for the first time.
In addition to avoiding fines and reducing processing costs, TPS+ minimizes effort
and expense wasted on unresponsive targets, helping companies to ensure that unwanted
telephone calls do not annoy potential customers.