"Sam Plusnet" wrote in message
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"Sam Plusnet" wrote in message
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It is unlawful to make direct marketing calls to individuals who
have indicated that they do not want to receive such calls. "


Which is why many of the cold calls I get (despite the TPS) claim to be
"a survey" or "reminding me I still haven't claimed..." etc. etc.


It does not matter what they "pretend" the call is about. If the
ultimate
aim is to sell something then it's banned

i.e. enough wriggle-room (in their view) to evade legislation.


No it doesn't. They may think that it does, but it doesn't

Possibly,

Certainly,

but since their livelihood depends upon it, I suspect that they've
spent more time thinking about this topic than you or I.

Those who wrote the law certainly did.

It might be interesting to determine how a judge would view matters -

I doubt it.

but not interesting enough for me to attack this.