[BC] Verizon takes action on cell-spam

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Another Victory For Cell Phone Privacy: Verizon Wireless Protects Its
 > Customers From Wireless Spam
 >
 > Company Donating $10,000 Settlement from Legal Action to Florida
 > Coalition Against Domestic Violence
 > 02/02/2006
 >
 > TALLAHASSEE, FL and BEDMINSTER, NJ  -- A Verizon Wireless victory in
 > protecting customer privacy is also benefiting the Florida Coalition
 > Against Domestic Violence. Verizon Wireless has won a permanent
 > injunction to stop Passport Holidays of Ormond Beach, FL from
 > directly or indirectly sending unsolicited text messages to Verizon
 > Wireless customers. Verizon Wireless initially filed the suit in
 > October 2005 in U.S. District Court in Trenton, NJ, when Passport
 > Holidays arranged and coordinated sending more than 98,000 text
 > messages to Verizon Wireless customers, urging them to take action to
 > claim a Bahamas cruise prize.
 >
 > Under the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Passport
 > Holidays has been permanently barred from sending text messages to
 > Verizon Wireless customers. The law prohibits the use of
 > ?auto-dialing? equipment to send large bursts of text messages to
 > sequential phone numbers within very short periods of time. Passport
 > Holidays will also pay $10,000 in damages. Verizon Wireless is
 > donating the entire amount to the Florida Coalition Against Domestic
 > Violence in Tallahassee, FL on behalf of its HopeLine? program.
 > Verizon Wireless, a recognized corporate leader in the effort to stop
 > domestic violence, works to prevent domestic violence and raise
 > awareness of the issue nationwide through the company?s HopeLine
 > phone recycling program.
 >


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