Election 2007: Watchdog probes text canvassing

Updated: 17:45, Thursday, 24 May 2007

A number of candidates in today's General Election have been sending out mobile phone texts urging people to vote for them.

1 of 1 'Text canvassing' Data watchdog received complaints
'Text canvassing'
Data watchdog received complaints

A number of candidates in today's General Election have been sending out mobile phone texts urging people to vote for them.

Many of the recipients were not happy to be contacted in such a way.

The Data watchdog has said it has had a number of calls about text canvassing.

Click here to visit our Election 2007 site.

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