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Westgate timeshare pays $900K to settle Do Not Call case |
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Written by TSD Staff
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According to federal regulators, Westgate Resorts—one of the nation’s largest timeshare companies—will be paying nearly $1 million for calling people on the national “Do Not Call” list.
The Orlando-based company was cited in a complaint in behalf of the Federal trade Commission (FTC). The agency alleged Westgate, along with two other companies, for making over a thousand telemarketing calls to people on the list. FTC says that Westgate has already agreed to pay $900,000 to settle all the charges.
According to FTC’s report, Westgate purchased the phone number from an online site that collected contact information for its offerings on Brandarama.com.
Since 2003, there have been 40 “Do Not Call” cases in the US. The biggest case to date involved satellite TV provider Direct TV, which paid $5.3 million to settle the charges.
As of today, there are over 166 million phone numbers in the “Do Not Call” list.
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