New Regulation for Spam Calls Enters Into Force This Wednesday

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Since Wednesday, August 13, the new measure implemented by the Government will begin to govern, which allows users to identify the origin of the calls. The regulation was promulgated on February 7, this year, and published on the 13th of the same month. From then on, the companies had a period of six months to implement the corresponding numbering. In this way, they are obliged to use a specific prefix that allows to distinguish between authoriz…

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Companies that fail to comply with the regulations will be sanctioned with warnings or fines ranging from five to 5,000 UTM (Unindividual Tax Units). According to data provided by the PDI (Public Defense Ministry), the number of complaints of telephone scams increased during 2024: a total of 4,533 complaints of this type were reported, which […] The post [NATIONAL] Starting this Wednesday, commercial and bulk calls must have prefixes 600 and 809…

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The SUBTEL measure seeks to give users a tool to easily identify legitimate communications from phone scams.

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The Government implemented a new regulation so that users can clearly identify unwanted calls. As well as the origin and type of commercial calls, to reduce unwanted calls. The aim is to reduce spam calls and unsolicited advertising, in addition to preventing fraud that affects thousands of people in Chile. Since August, all companies will have to use specific prefixes to differentiate authorized calls from unwanted ones, which will allow users …

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Authorities explained that this will reduce the possibility of phone scams based on regulations that debut this Wednesday.