<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Nuts! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">We just need to clamp down on these players. Period.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><span>Fintech | </span>Digital Transformation</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black"><br></span></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br><font size="1">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.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>
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<div dir="ltr">@Ali,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">True caller simply has double standards - for EU zone based on the strict GDPR privacy provisions vs the rest of the world.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Specifically, they say as follows:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>><span><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;max-width:700px;color:rgb(95,125,140)"><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc">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.</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc"><br></li></ul></span></div><div dir="ltr">Have a read for yourself on their website: <a href="https://privacy.truecaller.com/gdpr" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">FAQ - Truecaller</a></div><div><br></div><div id="gmail-m_6249370974014484613ydp7e99047cenhancr_card_0099231171" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://privacy.truecaller.com/gdpr" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0px 0px 2px"><h2 style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:YahooSans,"Helvetica Neue","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40);max-width:314px">FAQ - Truecaller</h2><p style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,158,168)">Making your communication safe & efficient.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">walu</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, April 4, 2022, 09:15:10 AM GMT+3, Ali Hussein via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_6249370974014484613ydpb6f76e64yiv4252226587"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Adrian</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">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....</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><span>Fintech | </span>Digital Transformation</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br clear="none"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2" style="background-color:inherit">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br clear="none"></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black"><br clear="none"></span></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br clear="none"><font size="1" style="background-color:inherit">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.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Old serif";font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>
<span style="font-family:"Old serif""></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div><div id="gmail-m_6249370974014484613ydpb6f76e64yiv4252226587yqt04064"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM Adrian Teri via KICTANet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good Day all,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>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. <br clear="none"></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a shape="rect" href="https://restofworld.org/2022/how-truecaller-built-a-billion-dollar-id-data-empire-in-india/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://restofworld.org/2022/how-truecaller-built-a-billion-dollar-id-data-empire-in-india/</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Adrian Teri</span><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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