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anada launched their much touted Do-Not-Call list a couple of years ago to much fanfare. The Government said this would be a great addition to the regular tools that the average citizen has, to stop unwanted callers from contacting them. Further investigation into the fine print said that the Do-Not-Call list was exempt for charities, political parties, banks, collection agencies, religious groups, and just about everyone else under the sun.

I laughed at this, having been in privacy management for 20 years, because in the end, the only people you could really put on the Do-Not-Call list were family members. [...]