DirectTV to Pay $5.4M in Privacy Fines

abscissa writes "Remember the do-not-call registry? DirecTV is in big trouble for violating the list, and faces the largest civil assessment ever obtained of $5.4M for harassing people over the phone at home and ignoring the registry. Although it looks like DirecTV was outsourcing all their telemarketing (obviously), the FTC recieved 1.4 million complaints, the biggest category of do-not-call violations ever recieved." From the article: "Majoras was quick to emphasize that the most important part of the settlement is that it sends a warning to companies that they cannot hire telemarketers and then turn their backs on whether or not the rules are followed."

Comments

They were just trying to give that girl her pony

[Anonymous Coward]

Ya know, in the commercial, she... never mind.

Re:1.4 million complaints about DirectTV!?

[metternich]

Indeed. As Ambrose Bierce said:
CORPORATION, n.
An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.