OTTAWA – Just over 50,000 new telephone and fax numbers were added to the country's national do not call list (DNCL) in October, while telemarketing complaints dropped considerably from those registered in the previous month.
According to the Commission's most recent status report, a total of 12,009,325 numbers were registered with the DNCL as of October 31, up 118,537 over September’s figures.
The total of telemarketing complaints filed in October was about 7,300, down from approximately 7,600 in September. Since the DNCL's launch in 2008, 755,582 complaints have been logged.
Ten new investigations were opened in October, and one was closed, bringing the number of active investigations to 156. One new notice of violation was issued in October, which means the total issued to date is 81. In addition, one administrative monetary penalty (AMPs) was imposed during this period, and to date, the CRTC has imposed 56 AMPs.
