Techgoondu, 13 Sep 2011Tired of all those calls or SMSes selling new condos, insurance or credit cards, Singapore’s mobile phone users might just get some relief from the irritation, if a new data protection law goes into effect as early as next year.
This will be possible with a national “do not call” registry that users can sign up to, and which telemarketers have to check against before launching a marketing campaign.
The list, to be maintained by a new independent agency, is part of a proposed consumer data protection law unveiled by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) today, as it seeks to secure the private information of individuals, as places like the European Union (EU) and the United States have done earlier. Full story
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