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 ...

A charity issued a warning Wednesday about telemarketers who claim to be raising money but areactually scammers, 10TV's Tanisha Mallett reported. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio, Kentucky ...

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, ...

In a recent issue of the ISP News Report, I complained about excessive telemarketing calls that I was receiving at home from AT&T Wireless. During September, representatives of AT&T Wireless called me ...

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Telemarketing calls do not just interrupt dinner or work meetings; they can also open the door to real financial consequences for the caller. Federal law allows consumers to pursue damages when ...

When the do-not-call lists were initially implemented, telemarketers were scared of them and didn't call people on those lists. I had mine on them for years from the beginning and got maybe one or two ...