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It happened in Spain months ago. Then the "marketers" start calling from international phone numbers.
If they're calling from within the EU then a cross-country judgement is still enforceable, so I assume they aren't doing that.
What's the status of discounts granted in exchange for marketing consent? Because that's how they bait many older consumers into receiving these calls.
There is a grey area here of calls from businesses which the customer is signed up to, or has had previous dealings with. Many will be unsolicited but not all will be. Many of these calls are coming out of the Third World countries which are barely regulated in this regard, so good luck with enforcing it.
> There is a grey area here of calls from businesses which the customer is signed up to Pretty much exactly how it is in Switzerland. I once had a rather unpleasant experience with my old internet provider (Sunrise) where I asked the telemarketer who called me not to do so again, and was told they "had a right to do so, because I was a customer". I immediately cancelled, quoting this as the reason why (Sunrise would…
It happened in Spain months ago. Then the "marketers" start calling from international phone numbers.
It happened in Spain months ago. Then the "marketers" start calling from international phone numbers.
Let them pay international rates. One dollar a minute, eh? If they're calling from within the EU then a cross-country judgement is still enforceable, so I assume they aren't doing that.
It happened in Spain months ago. Then the "marketers" start calling from international phone numbers.
Let them pay international rates. One dollar a minute, eh? If they're calling from within the EU then a cross-country judgement is still enforceable, so I assume they aren't doing that.
There is a grey area here of calls from businesses which the customer is signed up to, or has had previous dealings with. Many will be unsolicited but not all will be. Many of these calls are coming out of the Third World countries which are barely regulated in this regard, so good luck with enforcing it.
Companies aren't allowed to do cold calling in my country. Wiped out an entire industry and nobody wept. Scams are not what I would define as "telemarketing" though.
https://www.acma.gov.au/telemarketing-and-e-marketing they give out million+ dollar fines which sort things out. Just being a customer doesn't allow them to send marketing, you have to opt in.
It happened in Spain months ago. Then the "marketers" start calling from international phone numbers.
Let them pay international rates. One dollar a minute, eh? If they're calling from within the EU then a cross-country judgement is still enforceable, so I assume they aren't doing that.
Australia banned telemarketing a while ago, it worked pretty well. The only spam phone calls left are 100% illegal scammers. https://www.acma.gov.au/telemarketing-and-e-marketing they give out million+ dollar fines which sort things out. Just being a customer doesn't allow them to send marketing, you have to opt in.