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Telco Spams and Gets Huge Fine

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-spam-me-now dept.

jack_call writes "According to The Register the large German based mobilephone operator 'Debitel' was fined $359000 for (deliberately!) sending a total 48000 spam messages( mail: 36000, sms: 12000) to Danish costumers of rival company 'Telmore'. According to different Danish media outlets, they appealed immediately, mostly because the fine comes out at about a sixth of what 'Debitel' made last fiscal year after taxes."

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  1. And they got off easy ... by zonix · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's worth noting that previous spam fines in Denmark have been much higher. Around 15USD per e-mail/SMS/whatever.

    But still, it's a good part of Debitel's yearly income.

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  2. Re:Telesales by amorsen · · Score: 4, Informative
    Now if the concept could be extended to telesales, my sanity levels would definately be returned to normal.

    In Denmark telesales are illegal except for a few product groups (mainly newspapers). You can opt out of those as well.

    Telesales to companies are legal though.

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  3. Re:In India too by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not even human interaction these days. Where before I could have fun playing along with the telemarketers (some of whom recognized that I was just stringing them along, and even had a sense of humor about it), now all I get are recorded messages. I'll pick up the phone and say "Hello?", there will be a pause, and then an overly-slimy recorded message (worse than a bad used car salesman) will start: "Hi, this is Jim. Are you tired of your high cable TV bills?" I don't even have cable TV.