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Title: Court slams Bell TV for �reprehensible' violation of customer's privacy rights
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2013-11-01 09:23:29
Canadian

[saturn_656]

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In a decision released this week, Judge Michael Phelan said Bell TV�s conduct was �reprehensible.�

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Phelan�s judgment says that not only did Bell violate Chitrakar�s rights, the company failed to show up in court and has shown no interest in offering compensation.

Sounds like Bell alright.

[xerxes]

And will anything change? Don't hold your breath.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Ya know, while all 3 of the big telecom providers in Canada tend to suck when it comes to how they treat their customers, I've dealt with all 3 of them and quite frankly, Bell has got to be one of the most, if not THE most crooked company(of ANY kind) I've ever had the misfortune to deal with.
The fact they committed forgery and couldn't be bothered with the court proceedings indicates, to me anyway, that they've gotten WAY too big for their britches.

It was nice to see Mr. Chitrakar get a half-decent award but I'm struck by the inequality of the justice system. If this has been the act of an individual acting on their own behalf, criminal charges would have been brought against them.

[Prof_Chomsky]

Until the law changes and makes it possible to charge individuals acting on behalf of a corporation with criminal charges nothing will ever change.

You fine a giant corporation with bottomless pockets a little money and they just make more. Especially when those fines tend to be less than the ill gotten profits.

[Jabberwalker]

the company failed to show up in court

There is no company here, anymore ... just overseas call centres.

[Jabberwalker]

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[BartSimpson]

I hope the plaintiff doesn't hold his breath on being paid because it'll likely be years before he sees a penny of that money.

[bootlegga]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

Ya know, while all 3 of the big telecom providers in Canada tend to suck when it comes to how they treat their customers, I've dealt with all 3 of them and quite frankly, Bell has got to be one of the most, if not THE most crooked company(of ANY kind) I've ever had the misfortune to deal with.
The fact they committed forgery and couldn't be bothered with the court proceedings indicates, to me anyway, that they've gotten WAY too big for their britches.

It was nice to see Mr. Chitrakar get a half-decent award but I'm struck by the inequality of the justice system. If this has been the act of an individual acting on their own behalf, criminal charges would have been brought against them.

Not only that, but the damages should have been much larger to convince Bell to show up and deal with this - if it had been $21 million, Bell would have shown up. If I was Mr. Chitrakar, I would have tried to use social media to stir up some anti-Bell outrage too.

They will only listen when it hits them where it hurts the most - the bottom line.