DirecTV has been penalized for overly aggressive marketing. The News Corp.-satellite distributor will pay more than $10 million in fines for violation of a number of telephone marketing practices, ...

On November 12 th, the Italian Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 12,251,601 euros to a telephone company for illegally processing the data of millions of users for the purpose of carrying ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WROC) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday that expanded New York state’s definition of telemarketing to include text messages. Officials from the governor’s office say New ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New legislation banning telemarketing by text is expected to put an end to unsolicited messages clogging up your cellphone. Telemarketing, also known as robocalling, has been a ...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--(Newsfile Corp. - January 3, 2025) - The Weitz Firm, LLC, a Philadelphia-based law firm, today announced the expansion of its legal services focused on Telephone Consumer ...

WASHINGTON - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's $144 million enforcement order against Wachovia Corp. is likely to force banks to step up oversight of telemarketing customers. Processing ...

The Italian arm of multinational telecommunications company Vodafone is facing a fine of more than €12.25 million (U.S. $14.5 million) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for ...

Israel’s Knesset recently passed an amendment to the Consumer Protection Law. The amendment aims to prevent aggressive telemarketing, particularly for vulnerable groups such as senior citizens and new ...

As an elderly person, I’m beginning to believe answering the phone is too dangerous. Most of the calls sound like scams. What can I do to stop the calls? Seniors nationwide are reporting pushy, ...

The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) on April 2 announced a fine of €4.5 million (U.S. $5.3 million) against telecommunications company Fastweb for misusing customer data for ...