Eight more companies fined under do not call rules

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...