Answers - Mainly Nope

So I have the answers to the questions I posed below.

While my information is covered by privacy legislation (should I decide to give it) the bigger question - should I have to provide it at all will have to be determined through a Privacy Complaint - which will be forthcoming.

On the rest of the questions there is not an iota of regulation. Nada!!

1. Do companies have to update databases on returned & misaddressed notices - Nope
2. Descriptions on who can be called repeatedly - None - everyone is fair game
3. Minimum standards and tests to verifying the number matches the sought person? Nope!
4. Regulations covering frequency of calls - Dream on
5. Regulations requiring expedited handling of erroneously called individuals. - Not a chance

I suggested the ministry ask the caller to carry out this 4 step process (which can be easily automated) to remove my name from it's calling list:

1. Take it's database of called numbers
2. Do a reverse look-up to get the names registered to each number
3. Compare that list to the names sought at each number
4. Stop calling any that don't match

OK actually it's a two step process because they already have the database of numbers and what they do with the output is really not part of a sorting and qualifying process - but even at 4 steps it's so easy you wonder why it isn't done currently.

That will be a core question in my Privacy complaint - Is it my job to provide my data to the company to update the companies database or is it responsible through proceedures like the one above.

It certianly makes the calls, so it has the responsibility to ensure that it calls only the people it seeks.