Is it legal to obtain mobile number of an individual without his consent .. in india?

Kalpesh suryawanshi (Querist) 08 August 2012 This query is : Resolved
I am having a saving account in a bank and i had complained about the bank to RBI ,The bank had no telephonic contact information of me but then also they contacted me via my mobile number ,All i need to ask it a Violation of privacy of an individual..

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N.K.Assumi (Expert) 08 August 2012
How many of us take others phone number without the subscriber's consent? It is not illegal to take other's phone number or home address, unless it is for illegal purpose.

Guest (Expert) 08 August 2012
Department of Telecom and the MTNL, a corporation of Telecom Department had been issuing a telephone directory of landlines at regular intervals before introduction of CDMA or Mobile phones. The directory was distributed free of cost to their subscribers and on some nominal cost to any non-subscriber general member of the public. So, you can understand, had obtaining of phone number been violation of privacym the department of Telecom/MTNL would not have issued any such directory to general public.

Your privacy does not lie in your phone number, but your internal personal details. If the bank has your account, that can even ask you to provide telephone number through "Know Your Customer" (KYC) forms.

Kalpesh suryawanshi (Querist) 08 August 2012
i am still confused sir can you please clear my doubt in a single sentence .....

Guest (Expert) 08 August 2012
Not illegal.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 08 August 2012
"All i need to ask it a Violation of privacy of an individual.. ?"
Answer:
No it is not.
There is no law enacted in India that one can
not have other's mobile number from third party sources.

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