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08/21/2012
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The mobile phone users can choose, from July 20 to September 20, 2012, if they want to continue receiving advertising messages from the telephone by torpedoes, called SMS. The determination is Anatel - National Agency of Telecommunications.
According to the agency, if the consumer does not want to receive messages, you must respond to torpedo received a SMS with the word STOP to the number of the service provider. After, you will receive confirmation with the following sentence: "Message received successfully. From now on you will no longer receive advertising messages from this provider. "
The agency also determined that companies must maintain a visible space in the official websites for the consumer, if you wish, cancel the sending of spam. The new phone contracts should also have the option of refusing the torpedo with "unmissable offers."
The measure aims to correct contractual clause that forced users to receive promotional SMS operators, a practice considered unfair because not respect the right of consumer choice.
Source: News Agency
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