Rejected petition Make telephone cold calling and telephone marketing illegal

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Ban all companies from cold calling by landline or mobile to attempt sales or market data research.

We pay for the convenience of hving a phone line, it is not there for companies to abuse.

The telephone preference service does not stop the cold calls, so lets make it illegal to carry out this activity.

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Date submitted 20 August 2012
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