Globe Telecom has really had enough of companies, particularly the Caritas Health Shield Inc., which send unsolicited text advertisements to their subscribers that they’ve asked the National Telecommunications Commission to aid them in putting an end to this issue.
According to the Ayala-owned telco, they’ve received reports that their subscribers receive around five to 10 spam SMS on a daily basis which, unsurprisingly, caused a massive uproar from their patrons.
For their part, Globe Telecoms has already deactivated a total of 384 cellphone numbers, as of April 2014, which they’ve identified as numbers used by text spammers. But because companies can easily switch to a new SIM card, the telco is having a hard time to lessen the number of SMS spams being sent to their subscribers.
Froilan Castelo, Globe Telecoms’ General Legal Counsel and SVP, Corporate and Legal Services Group, said that the company will “continue to amplify our campaign until we have substantially reduced, if not eliminated, this problem”, but they’re going to need all the help they can get, particularly from NTC, to solve this problem.
“The clamor of customers to combat spam messages has become a matter of public interest so the NTC should use all its disciplinary powers against spammers like Caritas,”
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Yung kapitbahay ko may Agency for Telemarketers ng Caritas. Sinabi niya sa akin na bumibili sila ng “leads” sa iba’t ibang sources. Bumibili din sila sa mismong Globe employees. Pinakita niya sa akin yung mga nakuha niya. Halos lahat ng info ng subscriber nandun. Nakakatakot kase hindi talaga safe ang personal information mo kahit saan. Sabi niya sa akin basta working yung number binabayaran nila ng 5 pesos each. Tapos yung list halos libo-libo. Pati sa mga bank clients nakakakuha din siya. Ang nakakatawa pa nito, yung isang telemarketer niya pati ako natawagan. Hehehe
Para alang ko yang mga “leads” na yan ah!
Before i was working with this company, as an exhibit staff or exhibitor. They have this promotion na free raffle, pina pafill-up namin yong customer ng kanilang name,add,age,status,occupation and monthly income. Ginagawa namin to sa restaurants, gas stations at mga big events like concerts,auto shows etc.
And this piece of raffle, we called this leads. Ito yong pinapadala sa main office, which is in Manila para matawag ng telemarketers at bebentahan o ooferan ng items or anything. In our case, were selling a condo-hotel type property.
https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/t1.0-0/427038_1015106*****31686_473483705_n.jpg PAG MAY MGA NANLOLOKO GANITO GAWIN NYU HAHA
Sana kasi may data privacy at anti spamming laws tayo sa Pinas. Sa US and EU, napaka halaga sa kanila nito. Dapat may ability ang subscriber to unsubscribe or opt out, may legal repercussion pag hindi mo sinunod ito. Dito sa Pilipinas, walang paraan para mag opt out ka tapos kumita lang ng kaunti kahit sa ng ibang tao binebenta ng mga telecom employees ang data mo. Sign na hindi pa matured ang Pilipino sa ganitong aspeto.
May postpaid plan ako sa globe at ang dami ko ding nakukuhang SPAM
totoo yung sim recycling.. limited lng ata yung numbers ng globe for postpaid. d kagaya sa kabilang network halos sakupin na yung number ranges.