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Re:Marriott Files Lawsuit Against Unknown Robocalls Perpetra... by rolisz on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:24AM (#27217718)
Why isn't this a problem at all in Europe? I've lived in Switzerland, where I would get 1-2 calls per month trying to sell me some insurance. Now I live in Romania and I don't get any calls like this. And I haven't heard friends complaining about it either.
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Re:Marriott Files Lawsuit Against Unknown Robocalls Perpetra... by LaundroMat on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:46AM (#27217863)
Most of the EU countries have an opt-in policy: no unsolicited calls are permitted unless the company calling you has your permission.

But that's not the case in e.g. Belgium, where I live. Belgium has a do-not-call register.

Last week, I made a tool to automatically add phone numbers to that list (the do-not-call website API was unprotected,and all I did was automate what anyone could do manually via the website) so that we'd arrive at a de facto opt-in situation, but at 700K numbers the do-not-call website went into maintenance :)

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Re:Marriott Files Lawsuit Against Unknown Robocalls Perpetra... by rasz on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:00PM (#27224696)
Might have something to do with disposable income disparity. Language barriers also play a role.
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