One thing that people are short on today is privacy. It seems that every click, call and purchase is tracked by someone. It is an inescapable fact that our almost every move is noted and databased. In many circumstances it is important that you remain anonymous or at least veiled. This can be difficult in your phone communications whether inbound or outbound. Since the advent of caller ID and reverse look up it is nearly impossible to protect your identity when using the telephone to communicate.
While it is true that you can block your Caller ID from being displayed, many people don’t want it blocked all the time but only when making certain calls. When calling their friends and family, they may want to let them know up front that it is them calling so they answer the call, or not. However, there may be other cases when they don’t want their caller ID shown. This goes for their inbound calls as well. Giving out your phone number can be a risky proposition in some cases. One, the person that you give it to will always have it – even if you don’t want them to. Two, it is possible to do a reverse look up with a phone number and find out who owns it. This can lead to all kinds of messes.
One way to protect your privacy in these situations is to use a virtual PBX. At its most basic level, a virtual PBX is a phone number that forwards to another phone number. However, it also allows people to have a whole phone system at their disposal without all the phone system equipment – that means main greetings, voice mail, email delivery of voice mail messages and more. There are a couple of very important features of a virtual PBX that allow users to protect their identity and their privacy in a number of different situations.
You can make an outbound call from within a virtual PBX and display the caller ID of the virtual PBX system instead of a personal caller ID. Great feature for:
- lawyers
- bail bondsmen
- collections agencies
- repo companies
- private detectives
- anybody who doesn’t want the caller ID to be displayed or traced back to them
- professionals using their cell phone for both business and personal calls
The virtual PBX telephone number forwards to any other number where you would like to receive calls at. As well you can have the call announced to you so that you know it is a call coming from your virtual PBX. You do not have to give out your personal number to people that you would prefer not to have it. Great feature for:
- singles
- online sellers
- professionals using their cell phone for both business and personal calls
- mobile professionals
- private detectives
One place you can gain back some control over your privacy is in your phone calls. Using a virtual PBX for both inbound and outbound calls allows you stay anonymous without being out of touch and out of reach.
