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08/12/2014
New Recommendations For Nuisance Calls
Recommendations are to be set up to help tackle the menace of unwanted calls and texts.
The Government's Nuisance Calls Task Force also includes holding senior executives to account for the behaviour of their company.
The task force, chaired by Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) Action Plan on nuisance calls. It was asked by the Government to review the way businesses obtain and use consumers' consent to be contacted by phone and text for direct marketing.
It will make 15 recommendations, including making senior executives more responsible for the actions of their company. The recommendations will be presented to Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy Ed Vaizey, at an event in Westminster this evening.
Richard Lloyd, Chair of the Nuisance Calls Task Force, said: "Consumers have suffered nuisance calls and texts for far too long. They are often confused or misled by requests for consent to being contacted, so today we set out recommendations to introduce tougher rules and more action from businesses, the regulators and the Government.
"Only through concerted and coordinated action will we put people back in control of their data and help bring this modern day menace to an end."
(CD/JP)
The Government's Nuisance Calls Task Force also includes holding senior executives to account for the behaviour of their company.
The task force, chaired by Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) Action Plan on nuisance calls. It was asked by the Government to review the way businesses obtain and use consumers' consent to be contacted by phone and text for direct marketing.
It will make 15 recommendations, including making senior executives more responsible for the actions of their company. The recommendations will be presented to Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy Ed Vaizey, at an event in Westminster this evening.
Richard Lloyd, Chair of the Nuisance Calls Task Force, said: "Consumers have suffered nuisance calls and texts for far too long. They are often confused or misled by requests for consent to being contacted, so today we set out recommendations to introduce tougher rules and more action from businesses, the regulators and the Government.
"Only through concerted and coordinated action will we put people back in control of their data and help bring this modern day menace to an end."
(CD/JP)
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