On 21/03/2019 22:09, Jac Brown wrote:


"Mark" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:07:42 +0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:

On 21/03/2019 13:49, Mark wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:08:38 +0000, Steve Walker
wrote:

On 21/03/2019 08:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
I've noticed a gradual rise to mobile numbers as well over say,
the last
month or so.
Â*Â* some are not spoofed but genuine chancers trying to sell stuff,
usually
some financial service or crap junk from China.

At least some do have an opt outÂ* number to hit, and having
checked this
against charges, it seems to be legitimate and worked.

Those opt-outs should be changed to opt-ins - it's very hard to
opt-out
when you've picked up the landline on an only slightly updated, 80
year
old, rotary dial phone!

IIRC the law says that it must be "opt-in" not "opt-out".


UK law doesn't apply to other countries so they can still phone you.

UK law should apply to companies that do business in the UK.

But the call centers don't.

The point is that in virtually every case, they are calling ON BEHALF OF
a UK based company (there'd be no point in a non-UK company offering to
fit a new kitchen for instance) and the law needs to cover the UK based
company that has contracted the overseas call centre to make the calls
for them.

SteveW