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Bahrain's Regulator Denies Selling Customer Data
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Bahrain's telecoms regulator, the TRA has denied reports that it had sold subscriber details to marketing companies. There has been an upsurge in spam messages sent to mobile phones in recent months, and it had been suggested that the database of phone numbers had been supplied by the regulator.
In a statement, the TRA denied the claims and pointed out that selling such information would be illegal anyway.
The TRA also advised customers to contact their mobile network provider to request a free block on inbound marketing messages, although that would only block messages originating within the country.
It is claimed that most of the recent surge in messages originate outside the country.
"Some consumers see promotional messages as a breach of their privacy while some consider them as a source of information. TRA balances these needs and concerns by introducing some safeguards to provide consumers with the choice of receiving or blocking such messages." the regulator added.
Tags: [tra] [sms] [spam] [Bahrain]
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