In recent times, spam calls to ask if they are looking for a job are a constant. PSP has published a draft that explains what to do to remove your contact from the marketing telephone lists.
The Public Security Police (PSP) launched a draft and several recommendations on Monday to help the Portuguese avoid spam calls and Remove your personal data of the databases used for advertising purposes.
The initiative was released on the social networks of PSP, under the motto “Spam more?”, And intends to combat the constant automatic calls that promote services or products and question, for example, if citizens are looking for employment.
According to PSP, there is four main measures that everyone can take to avoid these unwanted calls. The first is remove consent previously given to companies to advertising contacts. PSP recalls that “companies can only contact it for advertising purposes with their prior and explicit consent”, so it advises to request immediate removal from the number of marketing databases. The order can be made by phone, email or message and must be registered with date and time.
The second measure is Subscribe to the direct marketing opposition list of the Consumer Directorate-General. This list allows registered numbers and addresses to be used in advertising calls.
Thirdly, citizens can resort to block of spam numbers Next to their communications operators, which in some cases offer this service for free.
Finally, PSP recommends file a complaint to the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) If the so -called persists even after consent has been removed. The draft provided by PSP helps both request the removal of personal data and formalizing the complaint to CNPD.
Do not immediately
To avoid these calls, you should also be careful when you accept cookies or the terms and conditions of a site or application without reading the details carefully as you may be allowing you to add your data to the marketing lists.
Another tip can also be lock the impetus to turn off soon The call when you realize that it is spam. Since many of these calls are made by automated systems with artificial intelligence, turning off immediately without saying anything can lead to the system interprets that the user is not available and should try to call later. Even if you block the number, you may end up contacted by other numbers later.
Instead, digital security experts recommend that you say you are not interested and that You don’t want to be contacted againrefers to. At the same time, you should avoid saying your name or any personal information, as the less you know about you, the less likely you have to include it in other lists. Continuing to answer the questions may also suggest to the system that you are interested in the calls and continue to receive them.
