FinlandInformation Society Code (Laki sähköisen viestinnän palveluista), Section 132, Calling Line Identification
Tietoyhteiskuntakaari (917/2014), 132 §
In force since .
A telephone contact rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Disclosure
What it requires
- If you are a telecommunications company, offer a service that lets the recipient of a call see the caller's number before answering, and make it possible to block the display of the number (section 132).
- Give the subscriber an easy way to block identification of the subscriber's own line, identification of incoming calls, receipt of incoming calls whose identification is blocked where that is technically possible without unreasonable cost, and identification of the line to which incoming calls are forwarded. The first, second and fourth blocks must be free of charge to the subscriber (section 132).
- Give each user an easy and free way to block identification of the user's line for every outgoing call separately (section 132).
- Make sure the blocks can be overridden when information is handed to the authorities that receive emergency notifications or to the police (section 132).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom (Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto), whose task is to supervise compliance with the Act unless the Act provides otherwise (section 303).
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does section 132 reach a provider of a number-independent interpersonal communications service, or only a telecommunications company that offers calls to numbers?
What this law does
Section 3 of the Information Society Code defines a telecommunications company as a party that offers a network service or communications service to an open-ended group of users. Section 132 requires a telecommunications company to offer a service that lets the recipient of a call see the caller's number before answering, and requires that the display of the number can be blocked.
Section 132 requires a telecommunications company that offers line identification to give the subscriber an easy way to block identification of the subscriber's own line, identification of incoming calls, receipt of incoming calls whose identification is blocked where that is technically possible without unreasonable cost, and identification of the line to which incoming calls are forwarded.
Section 132 requires such a telecommunications company to give a user an easy and free way to block identification of the user's line for each outgoing call separately. Section 132 requires a telecommunications company to ensure that these blocks can be overridden when information is handed to the authorities that receive emergency notifications or to the police.
Section 330 allows the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency to issue a remark to a party that breaches the Act and to oblige that party to correct the failure within a reasonable time. Section 332 allows a conditional fine to be set to back up an obligation set under section 330.
When LexLint raises it
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