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Washington Judge Overturns Privacy Law

joeflies writes "Washington state regulations were enacted to protect phone customer privacy. The opt-in policy regulation was overturned by a judge who found in favor of Verizon, seeing it as a potential violation of free speech."

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  1. So, would it be... by FroMan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, would it be free speech to sign the Judge up for every mailing list and phone call list we can find?

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    Oh well... What seems to bother me the most is not the phone calls that I can tell someone, "don't call me!" What really bothers me is when you get like 5 phone calls a night and no one is there when you pick up. You can't tell them to remove you from the calling list if you don't get to talk to them.

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