T.elefonate with telemarketing offers at all hours of the day and evening, commercial proposals defined “unmissable” that often turn out to be real scams: shortly, this nightmare of many users will be over forever.
Finally, the enlargement of the Public register of oppositions also to mobile users. Up to now, in fact, it has been possible to register only numbers in the public telephone directory.
The decree of the President of the Republic, published in the Official Gazette at the end of March, comes four years after its forecast and two months after approval by the Council of Ministers. The service will be managed by the foundation Ugo Bordoni operating in the telecommunications and information technologies sector.
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What is the Register of oppositions
The Public register of oppositions is an Italian public service, owned by the Ministry of Economic Developmentwhich consists of a database in which every citizen can ask to register your telephone numberdeclaring of not wanting to receive more phone calls for commercial purposes or market research. The updated version of the register, which also includes mobile numbers, is scheduled for July 31st.
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The procedures for registering in the Register of oppositions
To be able to subscribe to the new service you must fill in a electronic registration form already available onlinein which to enter all the personal data requested, especially the phone number (or numbers, depending on the utilities owned by the holder), which will then end up among those “not contactable“By the call centers.
You have to select the types of opposition you want to activate: “I do not want to receive telephone advertising”, “paper advertising” or you can choose both options. At the moment the service is only available for landline numbers, but within a few months the service will also be applicable for mobile users.
In case of difficulty it will be possible to receive assistance from an operator (from Monday to Friday from 09 to 13 and from 14 to 18).
The new rules
At first the register only allowed the entry of fixed telephone numbers. The new law introduced new rules. Among these, the possibility of register mobile phone numbers and cancel all consents to the processing of data previously provided with the exception of those relating to the supply of goods and services, the prohibition of transferring personal data to third parties and to use automatic composers.
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Then, again, they were sanctions have been strengthened and the obligation for call centers to be introduced make calls with identifiable numbers and callable. The operators, on the other hand, are now obliged to periodically check the numbers registered in the register.
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