Manypeoplehatenuisancetelephonecalls.Thesearethecalls we getfromcompaniestrying to sell us somethingthat we usually do notwant.Theyarealsocalled'coldcalls'.Britain'sgovernment is thinkingabouttakingaction to stopthesecalls.Onething it wants to do is to makesurethecompanythatcallsdoesnothideitstelephonenumber.Withmostnuisancecalls, we cannotseethetelephonenumber of whocalledus,butthatcouldchange.Thismeanspeoplecouldreportcompanieswhomakenuisancecalls.AnothermeasuretheBritishgovernment is looking at is to finecompaniesthatmakenuisancecalls.Coldcallerscouldget a fine of up to $720,000formakingnuisancecalls.Theresearcherssaidthatsuchcallshadappearedabouttenyearsagoandtheirquantitywouldgrowday by day.
Three-quarters of peoplewhoown a landline in Britaingetcoldcallseverymonth. It waslearnedthatthenumber of peoplewhogotmonthlynuisancecalls on theirmobilephoneshadincreasedfromjustover 50 percent in 2014 to 72 percent in 2015.Onecompany in Britainmade 40 millioncoldcalls in justthreemonths.Britain'sministerfordataprotectionsaidnuisancecallswere a problem.Shesaid:"There is no simplesolution to theproblem of nuisancecalls,butmakingdirectmarketingcompaniesdisplaytheirtelephonenumberwillhelpconsumers…takeaction." She added that being pestered by marketingcallswasannoying at thebest of times,and at itsworst it couldbringrealmiseryforthepeople on thereceivingend.
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