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provided for in subsection (3) or sections 69 and 70 or
otherwise in this Act.
(3) For the purposes of tracing and locating a source of
harassing, offensive or illegal calls, or as otherwise provided
under the laws of Samoa:
(a) a customer may make a direct request to a service
provider to monitor calls to the customer‟s
telephone;
(b) where a customer is not satisfied that a service
provider is monitoring calls to the customer‟s
telephone in response to a request to do so by the
customer, the customer may request that the
Regulator issue an order that directs a service
provider to monitor calls to the customer‟s
telephone;
(c) the Regulator or other duly authorized authority in
Samoa may direct a service provider to monitor
calls to and from a customer‟s telephone and the
service provider shall comply with any such
direction;
(d) the service provider shall provide the Regulator or
other duly authorized authority in Samoa the
information resulting from the service provider‟s
monitoring of the customer‟s telephone,
including the telephone numbers that are the
source of the harassing, offensive or illegal calls
and the times and dates of occurrence of such
calls; and
(e) the Regulator may undertake any appropriate action
to protect the public from harassing, offensive or
illegal calls in accordance with this Act, and if
necessary refer the matter to other appropriate
authorities for further action.
50. Protection of Personal Information-(1) A service
provider shall be responsible for customer information and
customer communications in the custody or control of the
service provider or the service provider‟s agents.