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ACMA Do Not Call Register

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:05 Jason Jordan

Do you want to avoid receiving calls from Telephone Marketers? Do you register your telephone number with ACMA?

Nothing Lasts forever!
This includes your listing on the Do Not Call Register. Registrations only last for three years from the date you registered. After that they are automatically removed from the Register and you may start receiving telemarketing calls again. So renew your registration before it expires. Visit www.donotcall.gov.au or phone 1300 792 958.

Registrations are valid for three years and you can re-register at any time.

Which numbers can I list on the Do Not Call Register?
You can list your Australian fixed line and mobile numbers on the Do Not Call Register, provided the numbers are used primarily for private or domestic purposes.

How does the register work?
Under the Do Not Call Register Act 2006, telemarketers can check their calling lists against the Do Not Call Register. If a telemarketer calls a number on the Do Not Call Register, they may be in breach of the Act, and may face penalties.

Will it stop all telemarketing calls?
Registering your telephone number on the Do Not Call Register will not stop all telemarketing calls to your number. Some organisations operating in the public interest are exempt from prohibition on making telemarketing calls. You can also still receive calls from market researchers.

Have I consented to receive calls?
You may give your consent expressly, for example, by ticking a box on a form agreeing to receive calls, or it may be inferred by a business if you have an existing relationship with the business. Even if a business has your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by asking the business not to contact you again.

When will calls start to reduce?
From the time you register your number, it may take up to 30 days for individual telemarketing agencies to recognise your registration, and stop calling to your number.

Why has the Do Not Call Register been set up?
The Do Not Call Register has been set up in response to increasing community concern about the growth in unsolicited telemarketing calls.

Want to know more about the register?
You can learn more about the register under frequently asked questions.

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:42

Paint.NET

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:56 Jason Jordan

Paint.NET is free image and photo for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.

Paint.NET is free image and photo editor. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

4 out of 5 Stars

http://www.getpaint.net

Disaster Proof Backups

iosafe For years I've raved on about doing regular backups to make sure your most critical data is safe.

It doesn't matter if you're protecting home data like digital photos and music or business data like spreadsheets, customer records and financial apps like MYOB & Quickbooks - all data needs to be backed up and kept safe.

Warning Label Generator

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:58 Jason Jordan

Have you ever needed a warning sign? Perhaps you want to tell people they can't smoke at the front door or that you should abandon all hope before entering the Teenagers bedroom... Well now you don't need to pop down to RSEA or Bunnings to get the sign - you can generate your own - for free.

I've created quite a few funny ones (and useful ones) using this site. It's easy, quick and doesn't cost a thing!

5 out of 5 Stars

http://www.warninglabelgenerator.com/

Online Backups

Regular Readers of the PCGURU Newsletter and Website will know that I regularly soapbox over the lack of backups that most computer users have.

This is usually instigated by yet another data disaster where we get introduced to a new client because they've lost critical business files or digital photos. We can usually recover the files in about 75% of cases. But for the remainder, the news is usually very upsetting. It means lost memories or lost customer records - and lost customer records can be an expensive failure.