Clampdown on cold call companies

[maureenho]

Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government

25 February 2015 Last updated at 11:01

Imposing fines of up to £500,000 on the companies behind cold calls and nuisance text messages is to become easier under changes to the law being made by the government.

The move follows tens of thousands of complaints about cold calling.

Currently, firms can only be punished if the Information Commissioner can prove a call caused "substantial damage or substantial distress".

But from 6 April, that legal requirement is to be removed.

More than 175,000 complaints were made to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) last year about nuisance calls and text messages.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31616523

[wendy]

good

[annie]

great

[chenrezig]

Wasn't there a chap a while back who billed them for wastimng his time ?

[annie]

Yes Liz & he won the case too