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Montreal‑Based Deceptive Telemarketers Sentenced

June 23, 2015 — OTTAWA, ON — Competition Bureau Three Montreal‑based telemarketers have been sentenced by the Court of Québec for their role in a deceptive telemarketing operation that sold business directories, subscriptions to online directories, office supplies and first aid kits using misleading sales techniques that targeted thousands of businesses in Canada, the United… Read more »

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LAP/MAAWG Dublin 2015

A coordinated and action-oriented approach to unwanted and fraudulent spam, SMS messages and unwanted telemarketing calls were the goals of the June 8-12 meeting in Dublin of the “London Action Plan.” (LAP).  LAP is a public-private network of regulators, enforcers, technologists, and anti-abuse professionals.   LAP continues to identify ways to protect consumers through coordinated international… Read more »

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Cross-Border Investigation Between CRTC and FTC Results in Monetary Penalties for Violators

In March 2015, after conducting two lengthy cross-border investigations with the assistance of the US Federal Trade Commission, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued Notices of Violation with administrative monetary penalties totaling $345,000 to two American companies for violating Canada’s Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules.  Maple Accounting and Caribbean Cruise Line Inc. had multiple violations of… Read more »

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