Comments on: Be Wary of Giving Your Mobile Number at Property Launches https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/ Financial Literacy and News Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin Lee https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-129884 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:44:58 +0000 http://www.martinlee.sg/?p=3455#comment-129884 Dear Happy,

I see some people attach a box to their window grill so that it is easier to collect all the fliers.

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By: Happy https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-129870 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:57:40 +0000 http://www.martinlee.sg/?p=3455#comment-129870 Hi,

Actually receiving sms is still ok for me, because I can easily delete off. But the frastration part is those fliers that leave on my door front. Everyday I have to collect it and dump it. How can I stop all this ?

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By: Robyn https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-120067 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:57:54 +0000 http://www.martinlee.sg/?p=3455#comment-120067 i had never attended and property launch all my life and lately i have been getting SMS, calls ot my mobile and even to my home number. my home number is an unlisted number and yet they have access to it and even my full name. this is very disturbing to me and stressful to me and my family. imagine a stranger knowing my full data.

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By: shawn https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-117271 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:04:45 +0000 http://www.martinlee.sg/?p=3455#comment-117271 I actually wrote to the call center association of Singapore about this. The practice in the US is to have a national do not call list. Call centers who call anyone on the do not call list can get sued by the person for violating their privacy. this is what the executive director of CCAS said to me:

Hello Shawn, the issue is that a national do not call register needs to be supported by legislation. We have made many attempts to get the governments support on this, but so far to no avail. The best we have achieved is to invoke a code of conduct supported by some of our financial industry members, but that code of conduct is to be adopted on a voluntary basis. If you would like to write to ST on this matter, I will fully support your move, as I also am a staunch supporter of a Do-Not-Call register. Obviously, those companies who are the culprits of invading your private time, are the ones who are not interested or oppose a DNCR, as it will impact their revenue generation. In consequence, there will never be any support for such a move from our members, unless the government takes the lead and supports the invocation through hefty fines in case of companies not adhering to the DNCR. We, the CCAS will keep trying, but without the support of the people who are affected, I don’t see us gaining any headway with the government. Kind regards, Peter Gossler Executive Director CCAS

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By: lioninvestor https://www.martinlee.sg/be-wary-of-giving-your-mobile-number-at-property-launches/comment-page-1/#comment-116388 Tue, 24 May 2011 02:54:55 +0000 http://www.martinlee.sg/?p=3455#comment-116388 PL, if you know specifically which numbers to block, there are phone apps that can do that.

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