This code sets out specific rules regulating telecommunications agencies to provide better protection for individual privacy. It mainly covers the telecommunications industry in its dealings with the information of customers and users.
For example, one of the rules in the code concerns where a phone company offers a number display service that allows you to see the number of the person calling you – commonly called “caller ID” or “caller display”, but in the code called “Caller Line Identification Presentation”. In these cases the phone company must provide the caller with the ability to block their number from appearing on the phone of the person they’re calling.