# POL-062 — A general permission to share data with other companies fails even where SMS is never named

> A policy permitting personal data to be shared with other companies is rejected whether or not it mentions SMS.

- **Rule ID:** POL-062
- **Layer:** Policy pages (`POLICY_PAGE`)
- **Checks:** `privacy policy body (whole document)`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** AI judgement over the submitted form
- **Fix type:** Fix the privacy policy or SMS terms
- **Required by:** Bandwidth
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-062/

## Why this rule exists

Naming SMS is what makes a non-sharing clause count in the brand's favour, but not naming it does not let a general sharing clause escape — the phone number is personal data, so a permission covering personal data covers it. Businesses reason the opposite way round, adding a careful SMS paragraph while leaving the general sharing section untouched because it says nothing about texting.

## How to fix it

Narrow the general sharing section to named categories of service providers acting for you, or exclude messaging data from it in the section itself. Done when no clause in the document permits personal data to reach another company for that company's own use.

## Example of a compliant value

```text
We share personal information only with service providers acting on our behalf. We do not share personal information with other companies for their own purposes, and text messaging opt-in data and consent are excluded from all sharing.
```

## Provider rejection codes

| Provider | Code | Resubmission allowed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bandwidth | `7103` | yes |

## Notes

Fenced against its neighbours: POL-064 is about clauses permitting sharing FOR MARKETING, this one about a general permission with no purpose stated; POL-069 is the contradiction between such a clause and the SMS one, and POL-070 the same contradiction across two documents.