Debtfree Issue 202402 - DB
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TIRED OF SPAM CALLS?<br />
South Africa’s Information Regulator has decided<br />
that unwanted telemarketing amounts to ‘electronic<br />
communication’ and must be regulated in terms of the<br />
Protection of Personal Information Act.<br />
The Regulator has warned offenders who are specifically told<br />
by consumers not to contact them that they will potentially<br />
face fines up to R10 million or dramatically even jail time.<br />
So, if you are contacted than then opt out of being called<br />
and someone keeps phoning you they can now get into big<br />
trouble.<br />
The Regulator says they have already begun investigations<br />
on their own into 15 businesses that they feel are in danger<br />
of breaching the Act and have sent them notices to fix their<br />
operations or get into big trouble.<br />
So far, the Information Regulator has already issued a R5mill<br />
fine against the Department of Justice & Constitutional<br />
Development. They are now fighting over the fine in court.
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