Calls to a company's existing customers are also exempt, but, Sorensen said, those customers can tell the telemarketer not to call again, and if the calls continue, the state could investigate. Smith, the consumer who put her name on the state registry, expressed dissatisfaction with the exemptions, including the one for charities. That bothers me, she said. We have certain charities that we give to very generously. You can only give so much.
Consumers still can get on the list.
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