[kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest

[Samuel Gichuru]

I called Safaricom  the same day I received the sms from YEScampaign and
they said that , the sender had sent out a broadcast message, i.e 072200001
-whatever number

Those of you who work for the Telcos, does this mean anybody can buy bulk
sms and broadcast to us anytime?



On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Solomon Mburu Kamau
<solo.mburu at gmail.com>wrote:

>
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> On 15 July 2010 20:36, Harry Karanja <kairo at softlaw.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> I also got the SMS yet I have never subscribed to any SMS referendum
>> service. Strangely the country code of the sender seems to be from Sweden.
>>
>
> Maybe they are using Safaricom's network because it's colour is green, as I
> have not received such a promotion from my Zain line.
>
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>> Harry Karanja H Director   SoftLaw Limited   Genius Executive Centre
>> 15th
>> Floor View Park Towers    Utalii Lane   Nairobi CBD   Tel: +254 20 342 225
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kairo <kictanet-bounces%2Bkairo>=softlaw.co.ke@
>> lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf
>> Of Edith Adera
>> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 8:32 PM
>> To: kairo at softlaw.co.ke
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest
>>
>> With the registration of SIM cards, won't even more information be leaked?
>>
>> Edith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Rad! [conradakunga at gmail.com]
>> Sent: 15 July 2010 20:27
>> To: Edith Adera
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Privacy vs National Interest
>>
>> They are not the only ones. Even this amorphous 6969 promotion somehow
>> got hold of people's numbers.
>>
>> It's high time some sort of law was passed protecting customer
>> information along the lines of the UK Data Protection Act
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
>> > Today I received a promotional sms from the "YES" campaign. Can
>> Safaricom
>> > explain how our phone numbers were leaked?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Edith
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