Phone book deliveries can also be stopped by calling 2065043066, an automated line. This site cannot be used for employment, credit or tenant screening, or any related purpose. Oct, 2010 seattle passed the nations first phone book optout ordinance, which also requires directory publishers to pay for the citys phone book recycling costs. The seattle city council has voted to create an opt out program allowing residents and businesses to decline phone book deliveries. To stop delivery of dex phone books in june and july, residents need to opt out by may 22. How to optout if youre finding the phonebook useful, by all means keep using it. Seattles ordinance requires phone book companies to honor optout requests, get a license to distribute, and print a message about the citys optout program or face penalties. When the industrys efforts fell short, we also helped seattle and san francisco craft and pass the first optout and optin ordinances to stop unwanted phone. More than 75,000 seattle residents and businesses have stopped nearly 420,000 individual unwanted phone book deliveries saving 375 tons of paper. Thanks to all of you who used the city optout system. Obrien is working with the city to reach more people, including printing materials in various languages.
Seattle targeted the increasingly irrelevant books with a tough law passed last fall, requiring phonebook distributors to get a license, print a frontcover, opt. We have heard from many residents that you want an optin system in seattle. The city of seattle has launched a website that allows residents to optout of receiving yellowpage phonebooks. For books from dex pages the largest phonebook distributor in seattle the deadline to opt out is may 16, in just 12 days. It reminded me that years ago, i opted out of those things at my old address in seattle and havent seen one since. The first would take an opt out approach through a nonprofit called catalogchoice, a service allowing residents to sign up and opt out of direct mail and unwanted phone book delivery.
After all of the opt out hype and after three other times of contacting dex and requesting that i not be. To stop information collection for purposes of relevant online advertising, click here. Find out about suspected seattle, wa scam phone calls and other nuisance calls and texts all thanks to our active community of callersmart users. The city council passed a law in november that forced phone book publishers like dex one to apply for a permit and pay. Phone book litter banned in seattle, nations first opt. But an industry group says its redundant, because theres already such a website in place nationwide.
Seattle passed the nations first phone book optout ordinance, which also requires directory publishers to pay for the citys phone book recycling costs. Seattle unveils yellow pages optout registry with little. City of seattle ruled the citys ordinance establishing its yellow pages optout program violates the first amendment rights of yellow pages publishers. That means no more bulky yellow books in plastic bags on peoples doorsteps. Seattle phone book optout card will be in mailboxes this month. How to opt out of the most popular people search sites. Phone book litter banned in seattle, nations first optout city. Seattle residents can opt out of yellow pages delivery, judge. Those savings will continue every year because optouts are permanent until the user opts back in.
The city contracted with catalog choice, a nonprofit berkeley. You can also opt out of unwanted advertising mail by going to the citys stop junk mail site. Seattle residents can opt out of yellow pages delivery, judge rules by stephanie rabiner, esq. But if youd rather not get them in the first place, you can opt out of receiving them. Thank you for your interest in opting out of phone book deliveries. Approaching the first anniversary of its optoutofphonebooks program, the city says more than a fifth of seattle households are using it. Seattle white pages phone books in washington wa whitepages. May 05, 2011 for books from dex pages the largest phonebook distributor in seattle the deadline to opt out is may 16, in just 12 days. You can still search for people on since yellow pages and dexknows are part of one company. Seattle the next optout deadline for seattle residents who want to stop getting some or all yellow pages phone books is september 23 30 days before yellowbook starts deliveries. May 22 is the last day to opt out to stop deliveries of dex phone books this year, according to seattle public utilities spu. The first would take an optout approach through a nonprofit called catalogchoice, a service allowing residents to sign up and optout of direct mail and unwanted phone book delivery. There is currently a debate over whether seattle should adopt an opt. Theres been an antiphonebook push on in some quarters for a.
To stop collection of information in connection with the use of our products and services, you will need to stop using them. Oct, 2010 phone book litter has been banned in seattle, washington. As a part of their effort to make seattle a zerowaste city, a city ordinance has been passed allowing residents of seattle the chance to go online and optout from receiving unsolicited paper phone books on. The options under consideration include a mandatory opt out system, an advanced recovery fee for phonebook companies, or an opt in system where phone books would only be distributed to a customer if that customer first elects to receive them. Last fall the city became the first in the country to allow residents and businesses to optout of receiving certain things to their homes including phone books and junk mail. A federal judge has rejected an attempt to block seattles new yellow pages optout program, after the city passed one of the toughest laws in the country targeting yellow pages, and phone book. Seattle passes nations first phone book optout law. But if you are reading this, you have internet access though maybe we have a reader somewhere whos getting a. Seattle residents and businesses are being urged to check their mail for a yellow postcard from seattle public utilities spu that they can use to stop receiving unwanted phone books. The ordinance creates an opt out system for city residents and requires directory publishers to pay the cost of recycling phone books.
Your opt out selection must be in effect 30 days before a company starts its seattle distribution cycle. Thanks to all of you who used the city opt out system. Beginning in may 2011, seattle began allowing residents to. May 17, 2011 the first shot in the war against unwanted phone books was fired in seattle. The ordinance creates an optout system for city residents and requires directory. Oct 15, 20 how to opt out if youre finding the phonebook useful, by all means keep using it. Choices for dex yellow pages phone books must be made by may 16, 2011 in order to prevent delivery of books this year.
The options under consideration include a mandatory optout system, an advanced recovery fee for phonebook companies, or an optin system where phone books would only be distributed to a customer if that customer first elects to receive them. May 05, 2011 seattle s ordinance requires phone book companies to honor opt out requests, get a license to distribute, and print a message about the citys opt out program or face penalties. Find people in washington if you are looking for someone in the state of washington, then you have found the right spot. Under the regulations established by the city, residents and businesses must opt out at least 30 days before deliveries start, giving phone book publishers time to remove opt outs from their lists of delivery addresses. Opt out of yellow pages with us and stop the delivery of printed directories you dont want to. How to optout from the yellow pages phonebook treehugger. Telephone services seattle,wa yellow pages online, phone. There is currently a debate over whether seattle should adopt an optin policywhich would deliver phone books to only. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory.
Phone book litter has been banned in seattle, washington. Optout of phone book deliveries and junk mail my ballard. And seattle passed an ordinance last year that allows people to opt out of. Seattle might get aggressive about phone books slog the. Last month, the city of seattle passed an ordinance that allows residents to opt out of receiving yellow pages phone books. Yellowbook and superpages deliveries are scheduled from lateoctober through the end of the year. The first shot in the war against unwanted phone books was fired in seattle.
Under the regulations established by the city, residents and businesses must opt out at least 30 days before deliveries start, giving phone book publishers time to remove optouts from their lists of delivery addresses. Deadline to stop autumn phone book deliveries is sept. Starting today, residents and businesses can optout of receiving phone books and junk mail. Typically, a seattle home receives four yellow pages phone directories each year. Seattle s program was a national leader and ended a truly significant number of unwanted phone book deliveries, saving almost 400 tons of paper annually.
Court whacking of seattle on phone books lets corporations run. Once you click on the call now to verify button, you will be asked to press 1 if you want your profile removed from the public search. May 10, 2011 seattle targeted the increasingly irrelevant books with a tough law passed last fall, requiring phone book distributors to get a license, print a frontcover, opt out message, pay a per book fee. Opt out of phone books you can recycle unwanted phone directories through your home or business recycling program. In 2010, the city of seattle passed the first ordinance requiring phonebook companies to let residents opt out of getting the yellow pages, and. Announced last week, the city is considering an ordinance which would limit phone book distribution. Apr 23, 2020 how you can opt out of collection of your information by third parties. Canceled seattle phone books rises to 105,000 strange. We are not a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the fair credit reporting act fcra. Nov 16, 2010 last month, the city of seattle passed an ordinance that allows residents to opt out of receiving yellow pages phone books.
A look at the discarded phone books, courtesy the city of seattle. May 07, 2012 may 22 is the last day to opt out to stop deliveries of dex phone books this year, according to seattle public utilities spu. In all, that added up to 129,843 individual people in seattle asking to opt out of the yellow pages. City of seattle rethinking phone book distribution. Seattle in suit for new phone book opt out law posted on february 3, 2011 at 4. Verify the record you want removed and click the remove me button. Seattle carefully crafted its optout program to survive legal challenge. Seattle residents will soon be able to opt out of getting. Seattles program was a national leader and ended a truly significant number of unwanted phone book deliveries, saving almost 400 tons of paper annually.
Opt out of phone books i just moved to town and was surprised today to come home to a copy of the phone book on my front porch. The city council passed a law in november that forced phonebook publishers like. The first shot in the war against unwanted phone books was. To prevent these books from hitting your doorstep, you need to opt out by may 16.
Opt out of yellow pages with us and stop the delivery of printed directories you dont want to receive. Jun 23, 2010 seattle might soon start cracking down on unwanted phone books in the city. To see what cities are included in each phone book, check out the cross directory. Want to stop delivery of yellow pages, white pages, phone books.
If you dont want to opt out online, do it via an automated phone service, 206 5043066. On its face, it seems to us a sensible proposition. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. Fifth of seattle phone book deliveries halted komo. Seattle might soon start cracking down on unwanted phone books in the city. The city of seattle says about onefifth of the homes and business 75000 addresses in the city have opted out of phone book deliveries since. The infuriating reason you still get a phonebook delivered every. Optout program results in fewer phone books delivered in seattle. Our phone book of names, phone numbers and addresses will help you locate anyone, anywhere. The ordinance also requires yellow pages publishers to begin. Seattle phone book and seattle phone directory makes searching for businesses and people in seattle easy by providing an online business and residential phonebook and phone directory in seattle.
This is it, said city councilmember mike obrien, chair of the seattle public utilities and neighborhoods committee and sponsor of the optout. The people search feature on is temporarily unavailable. Seattle, may 5, 2011 prnewswire duplication and waste, inefficiency, lack of privacy guarantees and an array of other concerns characterize seattle s yellow pages optout website according. Mar 26, 2016 if you provide the wrong phone number that is not related to the profile you want to remove, they will not add your name to the optout list. The seattle city council has voted to create an optout program allowing residents and businesses to decline phone book deliveries. May 22 is the last day to opt out to stop deliveries of dex phone books this year. Corporations are people, so the city of seattle cant have an. The ordinance creates an optout system for city residents and requires directory publishers to pay the cost of recycling phone books in the city. We have heard from many residents that you want an opt in system in seattle. Jun 30, 2010 announced last week, the city is considering an ordinance which would limit phone book distribution.
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