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02/20/2014
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Senator author of the proposal argues that unidentified calls have been used by call centers for companies and organized crime
Call center would use unidentified number for ' aggressive campaigns marketin'g says project author Photo: SXC.hu
RIO - Fixed-line and mobile telephony may be prohibited from offering service that prevents the identification number of the originator of the call and also charge extra amount for the service identification number that made the call . The standards set out in the bill 433/2013 , Senator Vital do Rego ( PMDB -PB ) , approved this week by the Commission for the Environment, Consumer Protection and Surveillance and Control ( CMA ) of the Senate . According to the author of the proposal , the measures are intended to prevent connections that allow anonymity of who dialed , like that instead of informing the number of origin , have the ' locked' expressions , ' restricted ' or ' not identified . '
Vital argues that unidentified calls have been used by organized crime , embezzlers and extortionists , " who seek to terrorize their victims under the cloak of anonymity ."
He remembers " cases of people who died of a heart attack during the coup sequestration by phone , believing the alleged kidnapper was actually with a loved one ."
If the phone number was identified , he says , the police could track and apprehend the bandits . But this possibility is lost by delay in the procedure provided for in legislation - submitting complaint to obtain the number you are calling from - favoring the bandit , " who has a habit of routinely changing cell " .
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Vital do Rego also wants to prevent calls from " restricted " type or " unidentified " are used by call center , telemarketing or collection companies for aggressive or bullying campaigns , injuring rights under the Consumer Protection Code .
He wants to ensure that all phone calls are informed of who the phone number dialed , to allow immediate return of the call, if necessary.
The rapporteur of the matter in the CMA , Senator Ivo Cassol ( PP - RO ) , introduced changes to improve the wording of the proposed legal standards , assembled in a replacement . The following matters for consideration by the Commission of Science , Technology , Innovation , Communication and Computing ( CCT ) .
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