On December 9, 2014, Chilean legislative representatives proposed legislation (source document in Spanish) to the Chilean Chamber of Deputies seeking to require the registration of customers' personal data for prepaid mobile phones. Current legislation, which requires that customers enter an agreement with mobile operators, does not apply to prepaid mobile phone lines. The bill seeks to require all mobile operators registered under General Telecommunications Law No. 18,168 (source document in Spanish) to register all data obtained from the customer purchasing prepaid chips.

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