In one month, 36 thousand phone lines were registered in blocking telemarketing
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2/10/2009
As of Friday (2), the first 2 million consumers have registered should no longer receive calls
To register for Blocking Incoming Connections Telemarketing (CBRLT) now totals 36 thousand landline and mobile throughout Parana. The state law, which allowed users do not get phone calls from research institutes and offers products and services, completed a month in force on Thursday (1). The companies have 30 days to adapt to the new rule and from Friday (2), the first consumers should no longer registered to receive the calls.
According to the State Coordinator for the Protection and Consumer Protection (Procon-PR), 20 million consumers already seeking treatment. The total number of blocked lines reaches 36 thousand, because users can register up to three numbers. On 1 September, the day of release of the block, about 2 million users have signed up. These are the first to be excluded from the lists of telemarketers.
The Procon-PR directs the consumer has to count 30 days after registration done. From there, if you receive a telemarketing call, you must note the date, name of company providing the service and record occurrence in the body defense.
The company that disregard the registration may be charged, it is subject to the penalties provided by the Code of Consumer Protection, with fines whose value ranges from R$ 212 to R$ 3.192 million. The measure applies to both telemarketers based in Paraná and to those installed in other states.
The blockade also will apply to calls made by political parties or candidates in elections. Fall outside the restrictions only charities that use the phone to raise money.
Register
To register the consumer can access the site Procon-PR, call the phone 0800-411512 or go in person at any one of 42 municipal seats of the national defense of the consumer. You need to tell the full name, ID, SSN, address, zip code, e-mail, and phone numbers to be blocked.
The system is free and works for any landline or mobile of Paraná, with the area code between 41 and 46. Only the holder of the line can join. He also may, at any time request withdrawal from the register if you wish.
According to the law establishing the system, authored by Marcelo Rangel (PPS), the record was inspired by a model that prevails in the United States, called Do Not Call. In Brazil, the first state to implement the register was to Sao Paulo, where the system works from the 27th of March. In less than a week, 100 thousand people registered for the block in Sao Paulo.
In the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasilia, a bill providing for the creation of a national database with the same objective analysis awaits the Commission's Consumer Protection (CDC) since September 2008, has not been scheduled vote.
Source: Gazeta do Povo
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