Cellphone users can halt automated calls, court rules in Dell loss

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zLMl9H7_YtbBiH7WvcwKbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-22T221210Z_1_CBRE97L1POJ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-DELL-AUTOMATEDCALLS-DECISION.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/cellphone-users-halt-automated-calls-court-rules-dell-221210509.html)By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Consumers have a right under a federal law to revoke their consent to being contacted on their cell phones by automated dialing systems, a U.S. appeals court decided on Thursday in a defeat for computer maker Dell Inc. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania woman, Ashley Gager, who complained that Dell hounded her with more than 40 calls in less than three weeks to collect a delinquent debt after she had sent a letter asking it to stop. ...



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