Call & Contact Center Compliance Guide
DNC LATAM · Compliance guides
Call center compliance means operating your outbound calling within the telemarketing laws of every country you dial into. Do Not Call registries, consent rules, calling hours, and disclosure requirements. Get it wrong and regulators fine per call, not per campaign. Calculate your exposure here.
The four pillars of outbound compliance
- Do Not Call scrubbing. Every list is checked against the official DNC registry of the destination country before dialing. This is the highest-risk, most-enforced rule everywhere. See how DNC scrubbing works or the DNC API if the check belongs in the dialer.
- Consent management. Numbers with prior express consent can usually be called even if registered, but you must be able to prove that consent with records.
- Calling windows. Most jurisdictions restrict telemarketing to daytime hours in the consumer's local time zone. See calling-hours rules for Mexico and Argentina for how to build that into a cross-border schedule.
- Audit trail. Dated scrub certificates and consent records are what you show a regulator. No paperwork, no defense.
Compliance by country
| Country | Registry | Regulator | Penalty exposure |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | National DNC Registry | FTC / FCC | $500-$1,500 per call (TCPA) |
| Mexico | Official DNC registry | Consumer protection authority | Fines per call to registered numbers |
| Argentina | Official DNC registry | National enforcement authority | Sanctions per breach of Law 26.951 |
| Colombia | Official DNC registry (RNE) | CRC | Sanctions for commercial contact that ignores the registry |
The LATAM gap in most compliance stacks
US call centers expanding into Latin America usually discover the gap the hard way: their DNC provider covers the US, UK, Canada and Australia, but not every destination country. Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia run mandatory registries with active enforcement, published only through local government channels in Spanish. Our guides to Mexico compliance, Argentina compliance, and Colombia compliance cover exactly what each requires. See TCPA vs. Mexico and Argentina DNC rules for the mistakes US teams make assuming TCPA compliance covers LATAM. Running a nearshore floor across multiple destination countries? Use our DNC compliance checklist for nearshore call centers to track scrubbing, consent, and audit trail by market.
A minimal compliant workflow
- Pull the current DNC registry result for each destination country.
- Scrub every campaign list no more than 30 days before dialing.
- Keep the dated scrub certificate with the campaign records.
- Log consent separately, and honor opt-outs immediately.
DNC LATAM puts those official checks behind one API, with panel CSV if you are not wiring the dialer yet. Official government data, dated certificates, no local entity. Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia are operational today and activate immediately after successful payment. Spain, Australia, and Singapore are planned product coverage, end of September 2026. They are not at checkout today.