Telecommunications Management Act Article 8
When providing telecommunications services, telecommunications enterprises shall abide by the following rules:1. Disclose consumer with the information regarding service conditions, telecommunications network’s quality and data transmission management methods/ conditions, in an obvious, public and reachable method.2. The accounting items of telecommunications service and non-telecommunications service shall be clearly separated; and the telecommunications services shall not be suspended if the non-telecommunications service fees remain unpaid.3. For a subscriber who fails to pay telecommunications service fees on time, the enterprise shall notify the subscriber of arranging the payment within a prescribed period. The enterprise may suspend telecommunications services provided thereto only if said fees remain unpaid after said period.4. Adopt appropriate and necessary measures to protect the confidentiality of communications.5. Ensure staff members thereof abide by the rules of confidentiality of communications.6. Provide subscribers with consumer complaint handling channels.Telecommunications enterprises shall not refuse a request for telecommunications services or communications relay without justifiable reasons.The telecommunications enterprise shall not be held liable to its subscriber for any damage arising out of error, delay, interruption, suspension or failure in telecommunications services due to a failure or breakdown of the telecommunications network, unless specified otherwise in the contract. However, the service fees shall be deducted accordingly.A telecommunications enterprise shall give priority to the handling of the following:1. Communications to prevent disasters, provide relief or maintain order in the event of a natural disaster, or the likely occurrence of a natural disaster, accident or any other emergency;2. Emergency communications for traffic safety, as it relates to distress signals from land, sea, or air transportation vehicles and aerial weather reports; or3. Other emergency communications necessary for the protection of national security or public interests.
中文原文 電信管理法第8條
電信事業提供電信服務時,應符合下列規定:
一、以明顯公開且易於取得之方式,揭露服務條件、電信網路品質與數據流量管理方式及條件等消費資訊。
二、電信服務及非電信服務費用之帳目應明顯分立,且不得以非電信服務費用未繳交為由,停止提供電信服務。
三、對於逾期未繳交電信服務費用之用戶,應定相當期間催告,逾期仍不繳交者,始得停止提供電信服務。
四、採取適當及必要之措施,保障通信秘密。
五、確保其從業人員嚴守通信秘密。
六、提供用戶消費爭議申訴處理管道。
電信事業無正當理由,不得拒絕電信服務之請求及通信傳遞。
電信事業因電信網路障礙、阻斷,致電信服務發生錯誤、遲滯、中斷或不能傳遞而造成用戶損害時,其所生損害,除契約另有約定外,電信事業不負賠償責任;其所收之服務費用應予扣減。
電信事業對下列通信應予優先處理:
一、於發生天災、事變或其他緊急情況或有發生之虞時,為預防災害、進行救助或維持秩序之通信。
二、對於陸、海、空各種交通工具之遇險求救及飛航氣象等交通安全之緊急通信。
三、為維護國家安全或公共利益,有緊急進行必要之其他通信。
一、以明顯公開且易於取得之方式,揭露服務條件、電信網路品質與數據流量管理方式及條件等消費資訊。
二、電信服務及非電信服務費用之帳目應明顯分立,且不得以非電信服務費用未繳交為由,停止提供電信服務。
三、對於逾期未繳交電信服務費用之用戶,應定相當期間催告,逾期仍不繳交者,始得停止提供電信服務。
四、採取適當及必要之措施,保障通信秘密。
五、確保其從業人員嚴守通信秘密。
六、提供用戶消費爭議申訴處理管道。
電信事業無正當理由,不得拒絕電信服務之請求及通信傳遞。
電信事業因電信網路障礙、阻斷,致電信服務發生錯誤、遲滯、中斷或不能傳遞而造成用戶損害時,其所生損害,除契約另有約定外,電信事業不負賠償責任;其所收之服務費用應予扣減。
電信事業對下列通信應予優先處理:
一、於發生天災、事變或其他緊急情況或有發生之虞時,為預防災害、進行救助或維持秩序之通信。
二、對於陸、海、空各種交通工具之遇險求救及飛航氣象等交通安全之緊急通信。
三、為維護國家安全或公共利益,有緊急進行必要之其他通信。