[kictanet] Your Contact Lists and Privacy

[James Mbugua]

Ali,

The article points out that they have been able to operate in India because
that country has yet to pass its data protection law. If I remember
correctly, the issue has been whether to have a national statute or to
allow each state to have its own data protection laws....

But the data brokerage industry is huugeee as this article shows...
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/09/30/theres-a-multibillion-dollar-market-for-your-phones-location-data?s=08

JG



On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 9:32 AM Ali Hussein via KICTANet <
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> Adrian
>
> I stopped using Truecaller ages ago...That however, doesn't stop
> people who don't know me, calling me and knowing exactly who I am,
> including my social media handles. Very spooky. This is one app I'd be
> happy to see completely banned. I'm, however, really curious, how a Swedish
> company, who's country is a member of the EU, continues to operate in this
> murky Data Privacy Violation space....
>
> Regards
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM Adrian Teri via KICTANet <
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>> Good Day all,
>>
>> Do you pause to ask yourself if you're violating the agency and privacy
>> of individuals in your contact list even in apps that need them to
>> function? A la social media apps.
>>
>>
>> https://restofworld.org/2022/how-truecaller-built-a-billion-dollar-id-data-empire-in-india/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrian Teri
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