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Ottawa, 29 November 2019
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
File No.: PDR 9174-2860
To: Warren Schatz
Address:
8661-201 Street, Suite 300
Langley, British Columbia
V2Y 0G9
Issue Date of Notice: 29 November 2019
Penalty: $3,500
Pursuant to section 72.07 of the Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38(the Act), the undersigned has issued this notice of violation finding Warren Schatz to have committed the following violations contrary to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (the Rules) made under section 41 of the Act.
On and between 7 March 2018 and 19 December 2018, telemarketing telecommunications were made on behalf of Warren Schatz, resulting in violations of:
- Part II, section 4 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate, and a client of a telemarketer shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the telemarketer does not initiate, a telemarketing telecommunication to a consumer's telecommunications number that is on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), unless express consent has been provided by such consumer to be contacted via a telemarketing telecommunication by that telemarketer or the client of that telemarketer;
- Part II, section 7 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on behalf of a client unless that client is a registered subscriber of the National DNCL and the applicable fees to the National DNCL operator associated with that client's subscription have been paid; and
- Part III, section 3 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on behalf of a client unless that client has registered with, and provided information to, the National DNCL operator, and all applicable fees charged by the Complaints Investigator delegate associated with that client have been paid.
Pursuant to section 72.01 of the Act, the undersigned has determined that the penalty for the violations identified above is of $3,500.
The penalty of $3,500 must be paid to "The Receiver General for Canada" in accordance with subsection 72.09(3) of the Act.
Alain Garneau
Director - Compliance and Enforcement Sector
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