Business-to-business calling is not exempt. The narrow carve-out is that the National Do Not Call Registry generally does not apply to genuine B2B calls, which does not extend to automated dialling rules, prerecorded messages, or state law.
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Related terms
Litigator scrub
Screening phone numbers against lists of known TCPA plaintiffs before dialling them.
Broker registration
A state requirement that a firm brokering commercial financing register with a regulator before doing so.
CAN-SPAM
The federal law governing commercial email, requiring accurate headers, a clear opt-out and honouring it promptly.
Do Not Call Registry
The federal registry of numbers that may not be contacted for telemarketing purposes.
Suppression list
A list of contacts that must be excluded from outreach — opt-outs, complaints, known litigators, existing customers.
Prior express written consent
The standard of permission required for certain marketing calls and texts to wireless numbers under the TCPA.