Indlela yokuvimba amakholi ahluphayo nama-SMS angcolile eNingizimu Afrika

Qala nge-DMA Opt-out yokuvimba ukuthengiswa

I-Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (i-DMASA) inohlu lwe-National Opt-Out Register lapho ungabhalisa ucingo lwakho ukuze amalungu ayo angakuthinti ngokuthengisa. Lokhu kuhambelana nomthetho i-POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act), othi inkampani ingakuthumeleli ukuthengiswa ngaphandle kwemvume yakho noma uma ucelile ukuthi iyeke.

Ngaphansi kwe-POPIA, unelungelo lokuthi 'unsubscribe' noma ucele ukuthi inkampani iyeke ukukuthinta. Uma iqhubeka ngemuva kokucela kwakho, ungafaka isikhalo ku-Information Regulator yaseNingizimu Afrika, eyona enza umthetho i-POPIA usebenze.

Kodwa qaphela: ukubhalisa kuvimba kuphela izinkampani ezisemthethweni ezilandela umthetho. Izigebengu nezikhwama eziphuma phesheya azikunaki nhlobo. Yenza i-Opt-out ibe yisigaba esisodwa, hhayi udonga lonke.

Vula izinto zamahhala zenethiwekhi yakho

Onompempe abaningi — i-Vodacom, i-MTN, i-Cell C ne-Telkom — banezindlela zokuvimba noma zokubika ama-SMS angcolile. Hlola i-app yenkampani yakho noma uyishayele ukuze uvule lezi zici, ngokuvamile azibizi lutho.

Uma uthola i-SMS engcolile, ungayidlulisela kunompempe wakho ukuze asize ukuvimba umthombo. Phinda ubike ama-scam SMS ku-WASPA (Wireless Application Service Providers' Association) uma evela kuzinkonzo ezikhokhisa imali engaphezulu (premium-rate).

Sebenzisa amathuluzi efoni yakho ne-app yokuvimba

Kokubili i-Android ne-iPhone kukuvumela ukuthi uthulise abashayeli ongabaziyo futhi uvimbe izinombolo ngazinye. Lokho kuyasiza, kodwa ababhubhi bashintsha izinombolo njalo, ngakho ukuvimba ngesandla kuwumzabalazo onganqobeki uwedwa.

I-app ekhethekile yokuhlunga amakholi igcina uhlu olubuyekeziwe lwezinombolo ezisolisayo iziqwale ngokuzenzakalelayo, kuyilapho ivumela othintana nabo abagciniwe ukuthi badlule njalo. I-Allociao yenza khona lokho: iqwala abathengisi, ivimba namakholi afihliwe (afihla inombolo), futhi ikuvumela ukuthi ulawule izinhlu zakho — uvimbe noma uvumele noma iyiphi inombolo. Iyamahhala, ayidingi i-akhawunti, ihlunga konke efonini yakho ngaphandle kokuthumela imininingwane yakho ndawana thize.

FAQ

Ingabe i-DMA Opt-out izomisa wonke amakholi?

Cha. Imisa izinkampani ezisemthethweni eziyilungu le-DMASA nezilandela i-POPIA, kodwa izigebengu nabashayeli abaphuma phesheya bayayinaki. Yihlanganise nokuvimba kwenethiwekhi ne-app yokuhlunga.

Ingabe ukubhalisa kumahhala?

Yebo. I-DMA Opt-out ne-app efana ne-Allociao zimahhala. Ungalokothi ukhokhele inkampani yangaphandle ukuthi ikubhalisele — leyo ngokwayo ingaba ngumkhonyovu.

Ingabe ama-app okuvimba abona othintana nabo noma amakholi ami?

I-app ebeka ubumfihlo phambili njenge-Allociao ihlunga lokhu efonini yakho, ayidingi ukuthi i-call log noma othintana nabo bayolayishwa ndawana thize.

Sources

• Information Regulator (South Africa) — inforegulator.org.za
• Direct Marketing Association of Southern Africa (DMASA) — National Opt-Out Register
• WASPA — waspa.org.za
• Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), 2013