The Nigerian Communications Commission has said it will prosecute telemarketers who illegally access the telephone numbers of telecom subscribers for commercial activities and gains.

It noted that the claim that the telemarketers obtain telecom consumers’ phone numbers from the commission was false.

The NCC disclosed this in a public notice titled, ‘Unauthorised Use of Telecom Subscribers’ Phone Numbers and Other Personal Information by Telemarketers,’ signed by the Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta.

The commission explained that it fully abides by the principles and rules guiding the protection of privacy for consumers of telecommunications services and no service provider or telemarketer is authorised to invade, harvest, or use subscriber data in any form or guise without the express approval of the consumer, except otherwise provided by law.

It said, “The protection of the data of telecom subscribers by the Commission is guaranteed in Section 35 (1) of the Consumer Code of Practice Regulations, 2007; Section 9 (1) of the Nigerian Communications (Registration of Communications Subscribers) Regulations,2022; and Section 4.2 (a) & (b) of the NCC’s Internet Code of Practice.

“Therefore, any telemarketer involved in harvesting telecom subscribers’ phone numbers and other personal details through dishonest means and using such for commercial purposes without regulatory approval is hereby strongly warned to desist from his illegal act, as anyone found guilty shall be arrested and prosecuted in keeping with the law.”

The NCC advised telecom consumers to activate the Do-Not-Disturb short code introduced by it to manage their subscription to Value Added Services with the option to stop unsolicited text messages and other telemarketing offers.

“This can be done by sending STOP to 2442 Short Code for FULL DND. Telecom consumers, who observe such illegal activities by telemarketers, are also encouraged to report such cases to the commission by calling the NCC Toll-Free Number 622 for necessary enforcement actions,” it added.

Source: https://punchng.com/NCC-to-prosecute-telemarketers-illegally-accessing-phone-numbers

Very good! Na so person go just see something like "click okay to receive bla bla bla" and annoyingly the pop up messages no get quit button. It would keep coming until you're tired of it and press okay, then ₦20 will on a daily basis be disappearing from your airtime until it's empty and you haven't even make a call for the past weeks or more.

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That’s why I don’t click any strange ok on my message box

#RenewedHop

Ok

Ok

It's about time!!!

To think that I called customer care today to lay this same complain makes this post more interesting to me.

Rippers everywhere

Hope them go follow the matter reach loan apps too.

Better
they are so annoying

ok

Good morning NCC, the zoological nation no dey disappoint

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SeunOsewaIsDiot:
Good morning NCC, the zoological nation no dey disappoint

Dismissed.

When they do example with one or two defaulters, others Will align.

So many unsolicited pop up messages immediately after making a call such that if you are not careful, you may press ok unknowingly instead of cancel.
So annoying

NCC is just spoken trash. Let the invite all telemarketers and told them to stop it.

NCC can't won this war. Only spoken big grammers.

Illiterates that can't does there jobs