[kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest

Fri Jul 16 11:33:05 EAT 2010

I guess premium rate service providers also store  mobile numbers.so operator do not have to be the first suspect....especially if you have subscribed or ever participated in any of these short coded sms stuff/stuff/opinions etc..and who knows !!!!!!

--- On Fri, 7/16/10, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest
> To: benmakai at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 10:13 AM
> Well, i see no problem with promotional
> sms,s its what makes the Information economy tick, i am
> looking at this as an entrepreneur and as a consumer, its a
> catch 22 just the way an employee complains about his or her
> employer yet the former might as well decide to have his or
> her own organisation, this simply justify the need for the
> data protection act to ensure that the promotions are done
> within the law, i see no problem with what Safaricom did,
> they are out to make money and it is the biggest tax payer,
> at least a road will be fixed somewhere out of the money
> they make.
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:39 AM,
> Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> On 16/07/2010, Badru Ntege <ntegeb at one2net.co.ug>
> wrote:
> 
> > Do subscribers in Kenya have an option to stop these
> sms's ?
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> > In Uganda you send STOP to the sending number and your
> number would be
> 
> > deleted from the senders database.  The only problem
> is you are charged for
> 
> > the sms you send to have your number deleted.
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> >
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> >
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> > It seems to be working.
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> Why should a person be charged to unsubscribe from a
> service they
> 
> didn't request or subscribe to?
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> If one subscribed, that's understood very well.
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> 
> Regards,
> 
> >
> 
> > regards
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> >
> 
> > From: kictanet-bounces+ntegeb=one2net.co.ug at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> 
> > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+ntegeb=one2net.co.ug at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
> On
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> 
> > Behalf Of Victor Gathara
> 
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:33 AM
> 
> > To: ntegeb at one2net.co.ug
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> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> 
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest
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> >
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> >
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> > Following this with interest. I think it would be
> improper for networks to
> 
> > sell/avail subscriber numbers to others for
> promotional purposes because
> 
> > subscribers don't have a choice to opt in to this
> when they sign up for the
> 
> > service (I certainly didn't). Promotions from the
> network itself are of
> 
> > course a different matter altogether.
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > Regarding spam where the sender gets phone numbers
> through unscrupulous
> 
> > means the only solution may be to press the DELETE
> key. Sim card
> 
> > registration should make it possible to pursue and
> prosecute offenders
> 
> > (assuming there is a law against spamming in Kenya).
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> > Victor
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> >   _____
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> > From: kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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> > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
> On
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> 
> > Behalf Of dennis kipruto
> 
> > Sent: 16 July 2010 08:12
> 
> > To: Victor Gathara
> 
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> 
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest
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> >
> 
> > I also got one. It seems Safaricom has a case to
> Answer.More so i didn't
> 
> > sign up for any YES Campaign media gimic. I would call
> the SMS a spam SMS.
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> >
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke>
> wrote:
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> >
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> > Today I received a promotional sms from the
> "YES" campaign. Can Safaricom
> 
> > explain how our phone numbers were leaked?
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> > Edith
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