Mo. Resident On DNC List Sues Enterprise Cybersecurity Firm for Soliciting Services
Delinea, a software company that provides cybersecurity solutions for corporations, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making telemarketing calls to an individual in Southeast Missouri whose number is on the national do not call registry, alleged a class action…
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Thursday (docket 4:24-cv-00394) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri in Cape Girardeau. Plaintiff Edward Koeller’s phone number has been listed on the do not call registry since August 2007, said the complaint. He has never been a Delinea customer, nor did he ever consent to receive calls from the company, it said. But he received calls on Oct. 26, March 7 and March 12, identified as coming from Delinia on caller ID. The March calls came from a caller identifying himself as Ryan, a Delinea employee who tried to sell Koeller cybersecurity products, it said. Koeller informed Ryan on March 7 he was calling a personal phone number and that he wasn’t interested in Delinea’s services, it said. Ryan called again on March 12 to try to sell cybersecurity products and again Koeller told him he wasn’t interested in the service, it said. Koeller and other individuals who received Delinea’s telemarketing solicitations suffered “invasion of privacy and were harassed” by the defendant’s conduct, the complaint said. In addition to TCPA violations, Koeller claims violations of the Missouri Telemarketing No-Call List Law. He seeks damages, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and legal costs.