New legislation on nuisance phone calls and texts

[Beenherebefore]

http://www.decisionmarketing.co.uk/news/nuisance-calls-law-in-place-by-june

At last it would seem that action is being taken and the threshold is being reduced when the company can be fined. New legislation could be in place by June 2015

Until now it has not been possible to obtain a successful prosecution unless "substantial harm or substantial distress" has been caused.

The proposal is to reduce the threshold to causing "annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety"

This link allows a complaint to be registered for all marketing nuisance communications :

https://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=138312369469

[MI5]

Thank you for sharing

[Anonymous]

And about time too.

Thank you for sharing the link.

I'm sure it will go some to help anyone affected by these.

[Beenherebefore]

This graph shows the extent of the problem, after a lull it has recently started to increase again

http://ico.org.uk/enforcement/action/calls

[jonsie]

I hope this works and we see some punishments handed out.

[MI5]

I had noticed an increase in spam calls lately too.....

[Bambino]

I don't get them on my mobile, but I do on my landline. Unfortunately, most of the nuisance calls I get originate from outside the UK, and will probably be unaffected by any new legislation.

[MI5]

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@Bambino wrote:

Unfortunately, most of the nuisance calls I get originate from outside the UK, and will probably be unaffected by any new legislation.

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True - that's the next problem that needs attending too.....

[jonsie]

My thoughts too, most of the calls I get are overseas based.

[Beenherebefore]

They probably originate in the UK but are "programmed" to mimic a foreign based call.

Just as the true phone number can be changed to show something completely different on your caller display.