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March 07, 2005
Tele-campaigning
The Liberal Democrats are supporting a campaign to get Labour and The Conservatives to respect the wishes of those who have registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) to avoid cold calls. As someone who hates being disturbed by the phone, I am registered with TPS and I support the initiative wholeheartedly.
It’s interesting to know that if you are signed up with TPS an unwelcome caller can be fined up to 5,000 pounds.
UPDATE 31 March 05
The Liberal Democrats have now made a complaint to the Information Commissioner about the Labour Party cold calling householders that have registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4395195.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at March 7, 2005 03:28 PM
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Comments
you are correct, Simon TPS is wonderful, and I only get about one sales call a year since registering.
I no longer get cold calls, unfortunately, I don't get any hot ones either.
Posted by: Vicus Scurra at March 9, 2005 06:48 PM
Thanks, Ken. As for hot calls - obviously all that deep southern energy is going into your blog!
Posted by: Simon Holledge at March 9, 2005 07:50 PM
Damn right. But what can we do? Things need to change man.
Posted by: James Bulkice at March 10, 2005 10:05 AM