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Verizon Blocks Warranty Telemarketers, Receives $50,000

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Those lousy auto warranty robo-dialers are finally going to stop calling Verizon customers as a result of the settlement of Verizon’s lawsuit against the two companies.

https://gizmodo.com/no-my-warranty-isnt-about-to-expire-stop-f-cking-calli-5217171

Auto Warranty Services and Explicit Media (Voice Solutions) had both used auto-dialers to call Verizon customers, as well as everyone else, to offer them auto warranty insurance. Verizon sued last year to stop the practice, and just received $50,000, which they will donate to charity. The main part is, of course, that Verizon customers won’t be bothered by these two jackass companies anymore. [Verizon]

Between takes on the set of Law & Order SVU, Mariska Hargitay, actress, advocate and the president and founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, accepted a $50,000 donation from Steve Zipperstein, vice president of legal & external affairs and Leigh Schachter, assistant general counsel at Verizon Wireless.

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