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Protect yourself from unwanted calls

This guide hub brings together the core advice that matters most when you are dealing with nuisance calls, scam attempts, and privacy concerns. The focus here is on practical UK guidance that is still relevant, clear, and easy to act on.

Browse the guides below for simple steps, legal context, and useful tools that can help you reduce unwanted calls and protect your number more effectively.

Understanding the UK's Telephone Preference Service (TPS)

How to register with TPS and what it can realistically stop.

General Protection

Privacy Rights Under UK Law

What callers can and cannot do under UK privacy and marketing rules.

Legal Rights

Special Privacy Protections for Vulnerable Individuals

Practical protections for older relatives and people more exposed to scam calls.

General Protection

How to Use Call Blocking Features

Step-by-step blocking guidance for iPhone, Android, and landlines.

Technical Solutions

Recognising Common Phone Scam Tactics

Red flags that help you spot scam calls before you engage.

Scam Prevention

Setting Up Call Screening

Voicemail, screening workflows, and other practical filtering methods.

Technical Solutions

How to Report Nuisance Calls to Ofcom and ICO

Where to complain and what details are worth capturing.

Legal Rights

Using Virtual Phone Numbers to Protect Your Primary Number

Ways to reduce exposure of your real number online and offline.

Technical Solutions

Silent Calls: What They Are and How to Stop Them

How automated diallers create silent calls and what to do next.

Scam Prevention

How to Conduct a Personal Phone Audit

A practical checklist for reducing where your number is exposed.

General Protection

Spotting Caller ID Spoofing

How spoofed numbers work and how to recognize them.

Scam Prevention

Private Number Settings: When to Use Them and How

Protect your outgoing calls when you need more privacy.

General Protection

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If you cannot find exactly what you need here, use the contact page or search for the number directly. The most useful context often comes from recent reports on the individual number pages themselves.

This section focuses on broad UK protection advice, practical prevention steps, and community-led insight that helps you make better decisions before responding to a caller.