BBC Panorama 2 July 2012

[Angry Cat]

Did anyone watch this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01klwhg

IMO, the general consumer is being driven mad by all these unsolicited calls!

And, when is Richard Thomas, ICO, going to take enforcement action out against these DPA breaches?

[Ruby]

Re: BBC Panorama 2 July 2012

Did watch it - makes a complete mockery of TPS! Like so many others I am completely fed up with phones calls/texts offering all sorts. My BIGGEST Issue at the mo is with PPI calls! It's not as if we don't get enough adverts about them!!!

[labman]

Re: BBC Panorama 2 July 2012

Some companies specifically target TPS numbers - that was disgusting!

[dogtired]

Re: BBC Panorama 2 July 2012

No missed it and my connection is a bit slow for i player

[CleverClogs]

Re: BBC Panorama 2 July 2012

On another page at the BBC - link

Richard Lloyd from Which? Magazine said people were ticking a box giving companies consent to contact them when they browsed websites, creating a loophole for cold-calling companies.

"Even if you have signed up to the Telephone Preference Service now, it won't make a jot of difference to those companies that are buying and selling that information you gave to that website maybe years ago."

I do hope the people at the end of 0161 872 5050 take action against telesales wallahs who call that number and demand to speak to the apparently steatopygous Hugh Jarce.