Imperial Data Supply Corp fined $18,000 for DNCL violation

OTTAWA - The CRTC has imposed an $18,000 penalty on Imperial Data Supply Corp. for initiating six faxes to consumers whose fax numbers were or should have been on the company’s internal do not call list. It also was charged for initiating telecommunications without being registered with the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) operator, in violation of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules. The CRTC says it received numerous complaints dating from November 2009 to July 2011, in relation to fax telemarketing telecommunications made by Imperial Data. In its defence, Imperial Data claimed it had not been properly informed of its...