We often receive harassing phone calls or text messages, probably because our mobile phone number has been leaked. The disclosure of personal information by mobile phone number will bring a lot of trouble to our lives. So in order to prevent our mobile phone number from being leaked. So what are the solutions to the disclosure of personal information by mobile phone numbers? Let's study.
First, the mobile phone number to disclose personal information solutions
1, usually handle bank cards, register online, buy a car, etc.
A lot of harassing phone calls are because you accidentally revealed your number when registering on a website, especially some shopping websites. Any link may leak information.
Countermeasures: Don't use your mobile phone number to register some shopping websites at will.
2. Fill in the street questionnaire survey at will.
You often meet people who need to fill out questionnaires in the street. At the end of the questionnaire, others will ask you to leave your contact information. If you leave the correct number, you should be worried. You get calls from many different people every day.
Countermeasures: fill in the street questionnaire survey, and don't fill in the real mobile phone number at will.
3. Express parcel list.
Every time we receive a courier, many people throw away the logistics belt with the name and phone number written on it, which is also a way to reveal our personal information.
Countermeasure: Personal information must be smeared out and then discarded in the received package.
4. The old mobile phone is sold.
We will format the old mobile phone when it is sold, but in fact, the deleted data can be recovered through some technologies. For example, after deleting the data, A sold his old mobile phone to a mobile phone dealer. Unexpectedly, the criminals recovered the information in the mobile phone through technical means, and found his bank card account number and other information through the verification SMS of the previous bank or the SMS of relatives and friends, and transferred more than 65,438+10,000 yuan from online banking.
Countermeasures: Before selling old mobile phones, use special software to clear the data of mobile phones.
In addition to the above methods, you need to install a security software on your mobile phone. These security applications have the function of helping to intercept all kinds of harassment. When a mobile phone receives a harassing call, it will display the "advertising promotion" that the number has been marked by ten thousand people, so you don't have to waste your breath on a strange harassing call.
Second, mobile phone number personal information disclosure rights protection methods:
1. According to the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC)'s decision on strengthening the protection of network information, individuals who encounter information leakage have the right to immediately ask network service providers to delete relevant information or take other necessary measures to stop it.
2. Individuals can also make complaints and reports to public security departments, Internet management departments, industrial and commercial departments, consumer associations, industry management departments and relevant institutions. "The China Internet Illegal and Bad Information Reporting Center affiliated to the National Network Information Office will fully accept and handle public reports on Internet illegal and bad information."
3. Consumers can further safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through legal means according to the Civil Code and the Law on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests, such as asking the infringer to apologize, eliminate the influence, restore reputation and compensate for losses.
In daily life, don't use your real mobile phone number to register some websites at will. If you encounter telephone harassment, you should learn to defend your rights, complain to the relevant departments, safeguard your legitimate rights and interests, and protect your personal information.