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https://twitter.com/#!/O2/status/161872584634408960 https://twitter.com/#!/O2/status/161872584634408960 says "@lewispeckover Hi Lewis. The mobile number in the
by jarofgreen 15y ago
https://twitter.com/#!/O2/status/161872584634408960 https://twitter.com/#!/O2/status/161872584634408960 says "@lewispeckover Hi Lewis. The mobile number in the HTML is linked to how the site determines that your browsing from a mobile device #O2Guru"
As Lewis replies, "@O2 User-agent header ID's the device. Passing mobile number to third party sites is not ok! Seems like a data protection act breach to me?"
Being charitable, that could be clueless support rather than official policy response but hopefully the storm coming their way will get an official response soon.
- alexchamberlain 15y agoFrom the oracle (Wikipedia), Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about, unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). It is an offence for Other Parties to obtain this personal data without authorisation. It is in fact illegal for the website to obtain this information... Lew, you're going down... Only joking.
- cubicle67 15y agoThe mobile number in the HTML is linked to how the site determines that your browsing from a mobile device #O2Guru" ...and for people using iPod Touches or similar?
- mattmanser 15y agoTheir twitter has now exploded with a flurry of tweets like '@user we are investigating these reports and will provide more information as soon as we can.'