{"id":15101,"date":"2023-01-25T06:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T06:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/uk\/?post_type=legal&#038;p=15101"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:38:19","slug":"international-sending-policy","status":"publish","type":"legal","link":"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/uk\/legal\/international-sending-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"International Sending Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As part of an ongoing approach to protect consumers from fraudulent and malicious SMS, regulators around the world are introducing certain requirements on messages. \u00a0In some regions, this includes a requirement to register Sender IDs. The purpose of this International Sending Policy is to enable you to have a better understanding of those requirements when using our service and any facility we provide.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Regional requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table width=\"604\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"86\"><strong>Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"519\"><strong>Requirement<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"86\">Singapore<\/td>\n<td width=\"519\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From 30 January 2023, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is implementing the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imda.gov.sg\/-\/media\/Imda\/Files\/Regulations-and-Licensing\/Regulations\/Consultations\/2022\/Proposals-to-Strengthen-Safeguards-for-SMS-Messages-to-Singapore-Users\/Full-SSIR-Regime\/IMDA-Decision-on-Full-SSIR-Regime.pdf\"><br \/>\n<strong>Full SMS Sender ID Registry Regime<\/strong><\/a> (SSIR) which requires organisations sending messages to register all Sender IDs with the SSIR, including alphanumeric sender IDs long codes and short codes.<\/p>\n<p>You must complete registration with the SSIR, including any pre-registration requirements as applicable, such as obtaining a unique entity number from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have registered your Sender ID(s), contact customer support to obtain a Letter Of Authorisation which you will need to complete on your company\u2019s letterhead and return to us.<\/p>\n<p>The IMDA will allow Participating Aggregators to create a common Sender ID \u201c <em>Likely-SCAM<\/em>\u201d to allow SMS with unregistered Sender IDs to be channelled into this thread from 30 January 2023. The IMDA expects this transitional period will be open for approximately 6 months, thereafter any messages with unregistered Sender IDs will be blocked.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"86\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td width=\"519\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From 12 September 2023, carriers will block the following sender IDs used to send messages to the UK.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International numeric sender IDs (non-UK numeric sender IDs).<\/li>\n<li>Short codes that don\u2019t follow UK short code format (five digits starting with 6-8).<\/li>\n<li>Alpha Tags\/Alphanumeric IDs containing generic senders (e.g., \u201cAlert\u201d, \u201cVerify\u201d, \u201cInfo\u201d and similar variations) AND senders containing any of these generic terms.\n<ul>\n<li>Variants of these ID\u2019s (e.g., \u201c_Verify_\u201d, \u201cVER1FY\u201d, \u201cVER IFY\u201d etc.) will also be blocked in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Alpha Tags\/Alphanumeric ID&#8217;s containing non supported characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alpha Tags may only contain the characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and &#8211; or _<\/p>\n<p>Customers sending SMS messages after September 12, 2023 from sender IDs that don&#8217;t conform to the above requirements may incur liquidated damage charges of up to \u00a35,000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Compliance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Compliance with this Policy is a mandatory requirement under your Customer Contract for use of the Services, and you must ensure you read this Policy and understand how it affects you. We may change the Policy from time to time. Please keep up to date with any changes by looking at the Policy on a regular basis. We cannot guarantee delivery of messages sent through our Service that do not comply with Regional Requirements in this Policy nor due to an Intervening Event under your Customer Contract. If you fail to comply with this Policy, your access to the Services may be suspended or terminated or blocked.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you have questions about this Policy, please contact our Support team <a href=\"https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/uk\/contact\/\">https:\/\/messagemedia.com\/uk\/contact\/\u00a0<\/a> As updated on 25 January 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"single-legal-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"popular":false,"coming_soon":false,"link":""},"class_list":["post-15101","legal","type-legal","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Sending Policy - Sinch MessageMedia United Kingdom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Legal document about International Sending Policy . 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