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points by dstoe 3 days ago | 0 comments
That's what I love the EU GDPR for. By law no one is allowed to use my number without explicit consent in the first place. And if someone spammed me, they have to tell where they got my data from and have to delete it upon request. Love it!
[–] nilamo 3 days ago
That is the law in the usa also. Any cell contact, from a business to an individual, without a preexisting business relationship, is illegal via the TCPA. But that's never actually enforced, so...
[–] solyin 3 days ago
Yes it is. There's a whole industry of baiting spammers and then suing them.

https://www.leadshook.com/blog/biggest-tcpa-lawsuits/

[–] nilamo 3 days ago
And yet there's tons of people in here still getting spam calls. Maybe the fines need to be 10x, clearly it isn't enough of a deterrent.