Campaign Calls to Cellphones Invade Privacy, Voters Say

Last-minute campaign calls are increasingly targeting cellphones, frustrating voters who say their privacy is being violated through political telemarketing to their personal mobile devices.

Telemarketing to cellphones was outlawed in 2003 so as to not penalize consumers, whose plans often require they pay for minutes. But an exemption in the law lets political candidates call people.

[via The Washington Post]

emily | 12:52 PM | SMS and Politics |
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