Buscan prohibir acoso vía telefónica para ofrecer bienes y servicios - La Capital
A Mexican legislator has proposed reforms to strengthen consumer privacy by explicitly prohibiting harassment through telephone calls and messages. This initiative aims to legally classify persistent commercial outreach as "harassment," thereby empowering the consumer protection agency to issue stricter guidelines against deceptive advertising and intrusive practices. The relevance to open data lies in the critical intersection between public transparency and individual privacy rights. As governments increasingly release open datasets, there is a growing need for robust frameworks that prevent this data from being exploited for unauthorized commercial surveillance or aggressive marketing. These reforms highlight the urgency of developing privacy-by-design principles within open data ecosystems. They underscore the necessity of balancing the benefits of data availability with the fundamental right to digital autonomy, ensuring that open information does not become a tool for consumer intrusion or manipulation.
Source: lacapital.com.mxPublished on 2023-09-25
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