NBTC approves additional measures to prevent technology crimes

The NBTC has approved additional measures to prevent technology crimes, prohibiting licensees providing international telecommunications services from using IP addresses registered in Thailand to provide services abroad.

October 30, 2568 Broadcasting Committee television business and the National Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) There was a NBTC meeting No. 32/2568.

Mr. Trirat Wiriyasirikul, Deputy Secretary-General, Acting Secretary-General of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (Deputy Secretary-General, Acting Secretary-General of the NBTC) revealed that today's NBTC meeting had a total of 61 agenda items, with 22 items considered. The NBTC meeting resolved to approve additional measures to prevent technological crimes in accordance with the Royal Decree on Measures to Prevent and Suppress Technology Crimes B.E. 2566 and its amendments. By specifying 2 measures to be enforced on telecommunications licensees, namely:

1. Licensees providing international telecommunications services must not use IP addresses registered in Thailand to provide services abroad. This does not include the IP address of the mobile phone service equipment of the licensee, and such measures shall be specified as additional licensing conditions for each service of the international telecommunications service provider.

2. The licensee of a telecommunications business that provides mobile telephone services is required to keep personal information of service users for at least 180 days during the entire period of service use.

In cases where it is necessary to use the information to prosecute a technology crime, the licensee must keep the personal information of the service user only to the extent necessary for the prosecution.

In the event that the telecommunications service is terminated, the service provider is required to retain the personal data of the service user as per paragraph one for not less than 180 days from the date of termination of the contract.

In this regard, the retention of personal data under paragraphs one and two shall be limited to the user's data that is necessary for legal proceedings, with the NBTC Office, the Royal Thai Police and service providers jointly determining the data that must be retained.

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