<div dir="auto">This will be a great step towards Data Privacy<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>..........................<br>Kind Regards,<br><br>Rebecca Becky Mwangi<br>...................................................<br><br><a href="http://BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com">BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com</a><br><br>...................................<br><br> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 10:40 SAMUEL O. via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">very good for privacy<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 10:14 AM Kathy Mwai via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">That's great development towards data privacy - can it take effect already!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 at 07:05, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Safaricom <input type="button" value="SCOM • 42.80" style="margin:0px;font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-radius:3px;text-transform:uppercase;padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px;background:rgb(204,204,204) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;white-space:nowrap"> will introduce a feature blocking customer contact details when making payments through Lipa na M-Pesa to curb personal information being traded to advertisers or fraudsters.</p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The telco will only display the first and last few digits of a phone number, blocking the middle and effectively hiding the contact of the customer.</p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;color:rgb(77,77,77);font-size:1.3rem;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;line-height:2;padding:0px;border:0px none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="pt serif, times new roman, times, serif" color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size:20.8px"><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/safaricom-hide-identity-of-lipa-na-m-pesa-users-3486200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/safaricom-hide-identity-of-lipa-na-m-pesa-users-3486200</a></span></font><br></p></div>
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