Notice of Violation: 7231911 Canada Inc. d/b/a “Digitech Payments”
File No.: PDR 9174-3486
To: 7231911 Canada Inc. d/b/a “Digitech Payments”
Address:
626-1117 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Montréal, Québec H3B 1H9
Issue Date of Notice: 20 January 2026
Penalty: $240,000
Pursuant to section 72.07 of the Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38 (the Act), the undersigned has issued this notice of violation finding 7231911 Canada Inc. d/b/a “Digitech Payments” to have committed the following violations contrary to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC’s) Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (the Rules) made under section 41 of the Act:
On and between 1 January 2023 and 12 March 2024, telemarketing telecommunications were made by 7231911 Canada Inc. d/b/a “Digitech Payments” resulting in violations of:
- Part III, section 2 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf unless it has registered with, and provided information to, the National DNCL operator, and has paid all applicable fees charged by the Complaints Investigator delegate;
- Part III, section 8 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer initiating a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf shall maintain its own do not call list and shall keep a consumer's name and telecommunications number on the list for a period of three (3) years and fourteen (14) days from the date of the consumer's do not call request;
- Part III, section 11 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer initiating a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf shall add a consumer's name and telecommunications number to its do not call list within fourteen (14) days of the consumer's do not call request;
- Part III, section 14 of the Rules, which states that a telemarketer shall not initiate a telemarketing telecommunication on its own behalf to a consumer who is or should be on its do not call list; and
- Part III, section 23 of the Rules, which states that, subject to section 24, a telemarketing telecommunication is restricted to the following hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays (Monday to Friday); and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). The hours refer to those of the consumer receiving the telemarketing telecommunication.
Pursuant to section 72.01 of the Act, the undersigned has determined that the total penalty for the violations identified above is $240,000.
The penalty of $240,000 must be paid to "The Receiver General for Canada" in accordance with subsection 72.09(3) of the Act.
Steven Harroun
Vice President, Compliance and Enforcement
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