How to spot the 'robo call' warning signs

Fresh warnings have been issued about 'robo calls'. Companies use automated software to play scripted messages voiced by ...

Four signs you're on the phone with an illegal ROBOT call centre agent - as two energy firms fined for using them

The Information Commissioner's Office, which enforces data protection rules, has warned the public to be on its guard against ...

Brits warned as illegal robo-callers with offshored call centers fined half a million

The UK's data protection watchdog fined two Brit businesses with offshore call centers £550,000 (c $735,000) over illegal automated marketing calls. Both companies equipped their offshored call ...

Warning issued about deceitful telephone calls pretending to be something they weren't

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a warning to the public to be vigilant against illegal robocalls after ...

Companies fined £550k for bogus marketing calls

A watchdog has fined two companies more than half a million pounds combined over unlawful marketing calls. The Information ...
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School employs ‘robo calls’ to cut student tardiness

Pre-recorded phone calls are now rousing US high school students from their slumbers in order to get them to school on time. About 500 of 2,400 students at B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River, ...