Verizon Wireless Takes Legal Action Against Florida, California Telemarketers to Defend Customers' Privacy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: September 2, 2005 2:01:45 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: Verizon Wireless Takes Legal Action Against Florida,  
California Telemarketers to Defend Customers' Privacy



     Verizon Wireless Takes Legal Action Against Florida, California
     Telemarketers to Defend Customers' Privacy
     - Sep 1, 2005 08:00 AM (PR Newswire)

Lawsuit Says Apparent Use Of Auto-Dialers and Pre-recorded Messages
             In Calls To Cell Phones Violated Federal, State Laws


BEDMINSTER, N.J., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, owner and
operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, is standing  
up once
again for customer privacy rights in lawsuits charging two telemarketing
companies with illegal solicitation of cell phone users.


In separate lawsuits, believed to be the first of their kind by a U.S.
wireless provider against telemarketing firms, Verizon Wireless is  
seeking
injunctions against the two companies, Intelligent Alternatives of  
San Diego,
CA, and Resort Marketing Trends of Coral Springs, FL, that apparently  
made
hundreds of thousands of calls to cell phone customers using pre- 
recorded
messages and auto-dialers in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer
Protection Act as well as state laws.


Based on information from customers and company employees who received
telemarketing calls on their mobile phones, Verizon Wireless is seeking
injunctions against the continued use of the illegal telemarketing  
practices
and also is asking the courts to award monetary damages.  Both suits  
were
filed Wednesday: the Intelligent Alternatives suit was filed in state  
Superior
Court in Sacramento, Calif.; the Resort Marketing suit was filed in  
state
Superior Court in Somerville, NJ.

...

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51511289



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