The “surprise” of GetContact. what to do so that registered phone numbers do not become publicly available?

The RA Personal Data Protection Agency issued a statement warning about a new application that threatens the protection of personal data.

“Recently, the application called GetContact has gained wide popularity in Armenia. It allows you to see under what names the mobile phone number is registered with other people, which makes it possible to identify the number.

The mentioned application increases the database of phone numbers thanks to the registered participants, because each registrant allows to use the phone numbers registered in his address book. That is, by downloading the application, the data of all persons registered in the address book of your phone becomes available to the application, endangering the right to protection of personal data of other persons.

Therefore, we advise you not to register in this system, so that the phone numbers registered in your address book do not become publicly available.

It is possible to remove the phone number from the GetContact database. To do this, you need to go to this link and delete it.”