Notice of Violation: Square Yards Real Estate Inc.
File No.: PDR 9174-3222
To: Square Yards Real Estate Inc.
Address:
895 Don Mills Rd. Tower 2, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M3C 1W3
Issue Date of Notice: 01 March 2024
Penalty: $125,000
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 Square Yards Real Estate Inc. to have committed the following violations contrary to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC’s) Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (the Rules) made under section 41 of the Act:
On and between 31 December 2020 to 30 April 2022, telemarketing telecommunications were made by Square Yards 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 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 6 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf unless it is a registered subscriber of the National DNCL and has paid all applicable fees to the National DNCL operator;
- Part III, section 2 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf unless it has registered with, and provided information to, the National DNCL operator, and has paid all applicable fees charged by the Complaints Investigator delegate; and
- Part III, section 23 of the Rules, which states that subject to section 24, a telemarketing telecommunication is restricted to the following hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays (Monday to Friday); and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). The hours refer to those of the consumer receiving the telemarketing telecommunication.
Pursuant to section 72.01 of the Act, the undersigned has determined that the total penalty for the violations identified is $125,000.
The penalty of $125,000 must be paid to "The Receiver General for Canada" in accordance with subsection 72.09(3) of the Act.
Steven Harroun
Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer - Compliance and Enforcement Sector
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