Apparently, that seems to be the case more often. Earlier this year DirecTV and the cable company Comcast Corp. paid out a combined $3.2 million to settle claims that they broke the do-not-call list restrictions and placed calls anyway.
I thought this was interesting because of our recent class discussions on privacy. It seems that just the month prior to this case, the FTC sued another satellite TV provider - Dish Network for violations of the same sort. Dish Network's accused of being the biggest violator of this based on the number of complaints - more than 20,000.
The no-call registry is supposed to prohibit telemarketers from calling numbers on the list.
I find it a sad comment on our society and business in general when large, well-known companies like these stoop to these type of actions.
Here is the article for more:
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-DirecTV-Comcast-fined-call-rules-041709.aspx
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