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Data protection law slashes unwanted calls

More than 90% of incoming mobile phone calls offering products and services have vanished thanks to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), which came into effect on June 1, according to Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.

He said this means businesses are aware of the law and took efforts to avoid violating it.

Mr Chaiwut said the goal is to roll out 30 subordinate laws of the PDPA by the end of this year to improve the personal data protection ecosystem and provide standards with which enterprises need to comply.

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