[kictanet] Your Contact Lists and Privacy

[Ali Hussein]

Nuts!

We just need to clamp down on these players. Period.

*Ali Hussein*

Fintech | Digital Transformation


Tel: +254 713 601113

Twitter: @AliHKassim

Skype: abu-jomo

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On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:32 AM Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> @Ali,
>
> True caller simply has double standards - for EU zone based on the strict
> GDPR privacy provisions vs the rest of the world.
>
> Specifically, they say as follows:
>
> >>
>
>    - We do not store or share any personal data of contacts from the
>    phonebooks of our users in the EU and do not provide reverse number look up
>    of contacts in users’ phonebook.
>    -
>
> Have a read for yourself on their website: FAQ - Truecaller
> <https://privacy.truecaller.com/gdpr>
>
> FAQ - Truecaller
>
> Making your communication safe & efficient.
> <https://privacy.truecaller.com/gdpr>
>
>
>
> walu
>
> On Monday, April 4, 2022, 09:15:10 AM GMT+3, Ali Hussein via KICTANet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> *Ali Hussein*
>
> Fintech | Digital Transformation
>
>
> Tel: +254 713 601113
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
> Skype: abu-jomo
>
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
>
>
>
> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
> mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
> organizations that I work with.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM Adrian Teri via KICTANet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> 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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