Comments on: Should Charities Have Special Treatment by the TPS?

By: Andrew Perks

Andrew Perks — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:35 +0000

Charities should be subject to the same rulings as commercial organisations. TPS is about nuisance calls, and there should be no differentiation. Individuals should have the choice of permitting or denying charity calls.

By: Jaine

Jaine — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:29:07 +0000

I agree Tony, giving charities a special status to be exempt from TPS is opening the flood gates for abuse of the system. I work with in a telemarketing environment and really don’t find that TPS has had a massive effect what we do any way. What does any one else think?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:19:25 +0000

I’m not sure whether giving charities a special status would be a good thing – obviously not many people would begrudge genuine, established charities this special exemption. But wouldn’t this lead to thinly veiled “charitable organisations” using charity as a cover to try and sell items and services to people who have specifically opted out of receiving such calls?