(3) Where a facility enabling the presentation of calling line identification prior to the call being established is available, the provider of a public electronic communications service shall provide the called subscriber with a simple means of rejecting incoming calls where the presentation of the calling line identification has been prevented by the calling user or subscriber.
(4) Where a facility enabling the presentation of connected line identification is available, the provider of a public electronic communications service shall provide the called subscriber with a simple means to prevent, without charge, presentation of the identity of the connected line on any calling line.
(5) In this regulation “called subscriber” means the subscriber receiving a call by means of the service in question whose line is the called line (whether or not it is also the connected line).
Publication of information for the purposes of regulations 10 and 11
12. Where a provider of a public electronic communications service provides facilities for calling or connected line identification, he shall provide information to the public regarding the availability of such facilities, including information regarding the options to be made available for the purposes of regulations 10 and 11.
Co-operation of communications providers for the purposes of regulations 10 and 11
13. For the purposes of regulations 10 and 11, a communications provider shall comply with any reasonable requests made by the provider of the public electronic communications service by means of which facilities for calling or connected line identification are provided.
Restrictions on the processing of location data
14.—(1) This regulation shall not apply to the processing of traffic data.
(2) Location data relating to a user or subscriber of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service may only be processed—
- (a) where that user or subscriber cannot be identified from such data; or
- (b) where necessary for the provision of a value added service, with the consent of that user or subscriber.
(3) Prior to obtaining the consent of the user or subscriber under paragraph (2)(b), the public communications provider in question must provide the following information to the user or subscriber to whom the data relate—
- (a) the types of location data that will be processed;
- (b) the purposes and duration of the processing of those data; and
- (c) whether the data will be transmitted to a third party for the purpose of providing the value added service.
(4) A user or subscriber who has given his consent to the processing of data under paragraph (2)(b) shall—
- (a) be able to withdraw such consent at any time, and
- (b) in respect of each connection to the public electronic communications network in question or each transmission of a communication, be given the opportunity to withdraw such consent, using a simple means and free of charge.
(5) Processing of location data in accordance with this regulation shall—
- (a) only be carried out by—
- (i) the public communications provider in question;
- (ii) the third party providing the value added service in question; or
- (iii) a person acting under the authority of a person falling within (i) or (ii); and
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