Operators operating in the country have performed several times sending SMS with advertisements of various topics to their customers automatically, most of the time, without the permission of their customers.
According to a Maria Pinto, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Angolan Data Protection Agency (AAPD), responsible for overseeing the Data Protection Law, the citizen who receives on his mobile phone advertising messages from the telephone and pay-TV companies, without his prior authorization. , is in a position to report this irregularity.
Now with the inauguration of the Administration of the Angolan Data Protection Agency, the processing of personal data is now overseen, although the initial phase will be only pedagogical, with no punishment in sight, according to Maria Pinto.
"If the data was delivered for the purchase of a telephone chip, the telephone company will never be able to use that same data to send advertising materials without the authorization of its owner, which may be violating the customer's right", underlined the PCA.
Maria Pinto admitted that there are misappropriations of personal data in public and private institutions, said her agency will begin to oversee and control data processing in banks, hospitals, clinics and others.
What is your opinion based on AAPD's PCA statements?
