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Court slams Bell TV for ‘reprehensible' violati

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Court slams Bell TV for ‘reprehensible' violation of customer's privacy rights


Law & Order | 206837 hits | Nov 01 9:23 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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The Federal Court of Canada has awarded a Nova Scotia man $21,000 in damages after a judge ruled Bell TV had violated his privacy rights by checking his credit history without his permission. In a decision released this week, Judge Michael Phelan said Bel

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  1. by avatar saturn_656
    Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:44 pm
    In a decision released this week, Judge Michael Phelan said Bell TV?s conduct was ?reprehensible.?


    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.

  2. by avatar xerxes
    Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:48 pm
    And will anything change? Don't hold your breath.

  3. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:53 pm
    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.

  4. by Prof_Chomsky
    Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:45 pm
    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.

  5. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:29 pm
    the company failed to show up in court

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

  6. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:29 pm
    .

  7. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:20 pm
    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.

  8. by avatar bootlegga
    Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:13 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    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.



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