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Do-Not-Call Registry Coming to Canada 37

Posted by michael from the quiet,-eh dept.
The Fred writes "The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian federal government is looking to devise a national do-not-call registry to match the US attempt. Issues regarding the impact on charities are being analyzed."
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  • I swear, this is my biggest source of ire. At least once a week, I get a call from some autodialer. Even worse, I'd say that 3/4 of the time it fails to connect me to an operator, and just hangs up after 20 seconds.

    Nothing like running for the phone, only to get dead air and a "click".
    • The quarter of the time that it connects interrupt the person on the other end and tell them to move you to their internal do not call list. Also try the CMA do not call list. I did both of those and the daily (I didn't answer most of the time) auto dialler calls I was getting to my cell phone stopped. I haven't had a single one since.

      • tell them to move you to their internal do not call list

        Yeah, I've done this quite a few times. I keep one of those lists by the phone that runs you through all of the things to say, regarding call lists, parent-company lists, etc. It's had a bit of an effect, and has reduced the number of calls I get, but I still get too many for my liking. Maybe I've pissed somebody off, and they're signing me up. Who knows?

        Also try the CMA do not call list

        Well, I moved into the new place in June, and added my

        • I briefly worked for a telemarketing company (a vacation job while I was at university - don't hate me; I'm not really evil). Every day my colleagues and I would be given a very large, very worn book of names and phone numbers, and would spend a few hours interfering with the lives of the people within.

          I've no idea how frequently these books were replaced, but it didn't happen in the two months that I was working there. There was no training to speak of; if you'd asked not to be called again you would hav
        • Another thing that I get is callers asking for some random name (changes each time), and when I tell them that nobody by that name lives here, they immediately start with the "Well, maybe you'd be interested..." pitch. I don't know if they're doing it as a "we didn't call *you*, but got *you* on the line anyway" type defense.

          It's usually just outdated information. I've had one on occasion someone had the name of the previous owner of my parents place and she hadn't lived there for 10 years.

          Presumably
    • errr....

      see, are you sure you don't have a stalker?


  • > Issues regarding the impact on charities are being analyzed.

    So if a group decides that they solicit for a "noble cause"(*) they can bother me whenever they want?

    (*)
    Miracle Max: You got any money?
    Inigo Montoya: Sixty-five.
    Miracle Max: I've never worked for so little. Except once, and that was a very noble cause.
    Inigo Montoya: This is noble, sir. His wife is... crippled. His children are on the brink of starvation.
    Miracle Max: Are *you* a rotten liar.
    Inigo Montoya: I need him to help avenge my father
  • *please see subject*
  • The Do Not Call list has a good premise, but it's under the grounds of being fucked with, and considering all our legal battles, it's still in the works, isn't it? Hopefully it'll do Canada better than it's done in the States... but... with all the red tape, I've hardly received less calls. Shit, most are from the services I'm subscribed to offering me more of their crap. Jimmy Joe Bob in bumfuck Idaho telling me I can save twelve cents on my long distance bill isn't as irritating as my phone company callin
    • Verizon trying to sell me DSL at $19.95 a month, when I already have a static IP Advanced Data Services DSL link from them (at around $35/month) to my ISP of choice (Blargh! at about another $35/month) is worse. (At least VoIP saves me that and more).

      You'd think that their left hand would know what their right hand was doing. You'd think wrong.

  • CMA already has a do-not-call list (Score:3, Informative)

    by perp ( 114928 ) on Thursday December 09, 2004 @04:47PM (#11045879)
    The Canadian Marketing Association [cmaconsumersense.org] has had a do-not-call registry for a while now and it works pretty well; it has worked well for me anyway.

    They are pissed off [the-cma.org] that marketeers who do not belong to their organization are not required to do the same.

    • I have used this and it works. It also works for all those junk-mail flyers addressed to "Occupant" or previous tenants.
      On a similar note, I received a telemarketing call from one of the Big Banks (tm), CIBC actually, and when I asked that I be put on their Do-Not-call list the saleswoman was very helpful and gave me instructions on how to be put on the CMA DNC list. Actually made me want to do business with them, except I won't respond through those channels.

  • ... when you pry it from my cold, dead Nokia.

    I'd love to see a do-not-call registry in this country. However, given the track record of this government, I'll make the following not-so-bold predictions:

    • If they say it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, it will cost billions. Even in Canadian currency, that's a fair sum.
    • Because of the glacial pace of operations, the registry will be so out of date as to be useless.
    • Random chunks of the database will be carelessly left within public view.
    • The wo
  • It will have Loopholes big enough to run politicians and banks through.
  • The Direct Marketing Association already runs a do-not-call list. I've used it. Getting one's name on it is good for about three years. All DMA members seem to respect it; the only unsolicited calls I get now are from two or three local charities; perhaps a half-dozen calls over a year.

    Can't see the need to organize this at a government level, given how successful the DMA dnc list is.

  • Calls from US to UK (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I live in Britain, and I'm on the UK "telephone preference service" list which works reasonably well. Most of the calls that I now get are from the US, trying to sell me "£1300 off a holiday in Florida". They can do this because I'm not on the US "Do not call" list and they can ignore the UK version. What I'd really like to do is to get my UK number on the US list, but the web site doesn't allow me to enter all of the digits. Does anyone have any suggestions?
    • I would say since the call is terminated in Britain that they should be liable under Britain's laws.

      In the states we're used to this kind of problem between states, guess that's why we have a federal goverment to work out the interstate issues.
  • What most people don't know is that in Canada, there is already federal laws that are meant to protect people from the bastard telemarketers.

    If you inform them not to call you, they are required to not call you for a period of at least 3 years!

    BUT

    No one enforces the law. No one spreads the word that the law even exists.

    So, I usually remind the bastards that I have told them not to call, and that they are breaking the law. If its a bank trying to sell credit card insurance I get particularly nasty and
    • But mostly, I just don't answer the phone if caller ID doesn't show a name.

      That's fine for some people. It's a bit of a nuisance if you want to receive a subset of phone calls from people who withold their number. For example, I often get called by agents for potential employers.

      Perhaps telemarketers should be obliged to have a number that shows up. Preferably something with a consistent area code.
  • Make a law that says:

    THE 'DO NOT CALL' LIST IS THE *PHONE BOOK*!

    Attempting to post that got me:

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

    But what if you _are_ yelling? And have been doing so for decades.

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