OTTAWA – The CRTC has rapped eight more companies for violating the country’s national do not call list (DNCL).
An numbered Ontario company, operating as 2 The Point Global Marketing, has received a $21,000 administrative monetary penalty. After receiving a notice of violation back in January, 2 The Point argued that it had demonstrated due diligence in ensuring that numbers on the DNCL were not being called, and that the violations had occurred because of “a programming error associated with a hosted predictive dialing system”.
The CRTC disagreed and found that the company initiated seven telemarketing telecommunications on behalf of clients who were not registered subscribers to the DNCL. It also determined that 2 The Point “failed to demonstrate that it has, as part of its routine business practices, policies, and procedures to ensure that its clients are registered subscribers to the National DNCL prior to making calls on their behalf”.
The Commission fined the company $3,000 for each of the seven violations of the rules for a total of $21,000.
It has also levied $3,000 fines each against Action Windows and Doors Ltd., Casement Limited, Deluxe Pro Windows and Doors Inc., Evrica Enterprises Inc., Lifetime Best Buy Windows and Doors, Pride Windows and Doors Inc., and Royal Deluxe Windows and Doors Industries Inc. for violating the DNCL rules.
All fines are due by July 12, 2010.
