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Telemarketing calls (USA)
Dec 14th, 2005 at 12:54am
 
Perhaps slightly off-topic, but serves as a comparison between US enforcement of telemarketing violations and the UK's toothless regulation (TPS etc). The Federal Trade Commission, a body that, unlike Ofcom, acts in the consumer interest, today penalized Directv (a satellite telly provider) $5.3m for violations of the 'do not call' list.

Full press release at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/12/directv.htm

I really can't imagine anything similar happening in the land of the scam, the United Kingdom.

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Satellite television provider DIRECTV will pay $5,335,000 to settle FTC charges that, since October 2003, DIRECTV and companies it hired to promote DIRECTV programming have been violating the Do Not Call (DNC) provisions of the Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). This is the largest civil penalty the FTC has ever announced in a case enforcing any consumer protection law.

At the Commission’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the complaint and stipulated settlements in Federal District Court in Los Angeles. The complaint names as defendants DIRECTV, five firms that telemarketed on its behalf, and six principals of those telemarketing firms. Settlements with DIRECTV and two of the telemarketing firms and their principals were filed along with the complaint.

“This multimillion dollar penalty drives home a simple point: Sellers are on the hook for calls placed on their behalf,” said Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. “The Do Not Call Rule applies to all players in the marketing chain, including retailers and their telemarketers.”
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