The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has recently given fine notices to two telemarketing companies for calling phone numbers that where registered on the Do Not Call List. These fines can be as much as $15,000 for each call.
The fact that two companies have been fined for not abiding by the rules should not sway you from joining the Do Not Call List. In fact, the CRTC has strengthened the purpose of the registry by enforcing its rules in this way, hopefully convincing telemarketers to be more diligent in removing these numbers from their call lists.
In a post earlier this year, I suggested registering on both the CRTC’s National Do Not Call List and the CMA’s Do Not Contact Service. By signing up for both of these lists, you can greatly reduce the amount of phone calls and junk mail you receive.
A just punishment for these violators. There is a reason why there is a Do Not Call list and by ignoring the list they are also ignoring privacy rules that are in place.
4/14/2011
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I have been filling out complaints against Credit Services repeatedly calling, and they do not quit calling.
I am not the only one who finds this.
Frequently, the number changes or the recording halts before a real person comes online. Once, I GOT A REAL PERSON and told them to stop calling me.
It did not work.
I think that the National Do Not Call registry is most likely a cheap way of diverting complaints.
HAS ANYBODY ACTUALLY BEEN SERVED AND HAD THE PHONY CALLS ACTUALLY QUIT?
I THINK IT IS A FRAUD.
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