Following the introduction of legislation in 1999 and its subsequent revision in 2003, all consumer and non-limited company telephone numbers must be screened against the TPS file within the 28 days preceding the call date. Organisations failing to comply can be fined up to £5,000 per offence by the Office of the Information Commissioner.

TPS+ optimises royalty payments by keeping a twelve month record of a company’s TPS results, allowing users to 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. Once a job is paid for, the new records are added to the historical database and will be recognised, flagged and charged at the lower rate for subsequent TPS screens.

In addition to avoiding fines and reducing processing costs, TPS+ minimises effort and expense wasted on unresponsive targets, helping companies to ensure that unwanted telephone calls do not annoy potential customers.