54 A telecommunications operator shall have the right not to connect calls or otherwise bar the use of a service other than communications service if it is evident that the service seeks unlawful financial benefit and incurs charges for the subscriber. PART VI CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY Chapter 17 Processing Electronic Messages and Traffic Data Section 136 Confidentiality of messages and traffic data Parties to communication are entitled to process their own electronic messages and the traffic data associated with these messages unless otherwise provided by law. Radio communication intended for public reception and its traffic data may be processed unless otherwise provided by law. The following is considered such radio communication: 1) television and radio broadcasting; 2) emergency calls; 3) radio communications using a public calling channel; 4) amateur radio service; 5) shortwave radio communications in the 27 MHz frequency band; 6) radio communications other than that referred to in subsections 1–5 intended for general reception. Other electronic messages and traffic data may be processed with the consent of the party to the communication or if so provided by law. Whoever receives or obtains in any other way knowledge of an electronic message, radio communication or traffic data not intended for him or her shall not disclose or make use of the content or traffic data of such a message, or the knowledge of its existence, without the consent of a party to the communication, unless otherwise provided by law. Section 137 General processing principles of a communications provider Processing electronic messages and traffic data are only allowed to the extent necessary for the purpose of such processing, and it may not limit the confidentiality of messages or the protection of privacy any more than is necessary. Electronic messages and traffic data may only be disclosed to those parties entitled to process them in the given situation. After processing, electronic messages and traffic data must be destroyed or rendered such that they cannot be associated with the subscriber or user involved, unless otherwise provided by law.