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Here's a statement from the Information Commissioner's Office: "When people visit a website via their mobile phone they would not expect their number to be mad
by JonnieCache 15y ago
Here's a statement from the Information Commissioner's Office:
"When people visit a website via their mobile phone they would not expect their number to be made available to that website.
"We will now speak to O2 to remind them of their data breach notification obligations, and to better understand what has happened, before we decide how to proceed."
http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16156276 http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16156276
O2 are in trouble.
- justincormack 15y agoOdd they said something different to the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/25/02-mobile-phone-users-privacy-breach-website http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/25/02-mobile-p... "The Information Commissioner's Office said it is considering whether to investigate further, although a spokesman said there was no immediate breach of the Data Protection Act. A mobile phone number on its own is not classed as "personally identifying information" (PII), because it does not identify an individual on its own; but the spokesman said the office would consider whether other personal data was being processed at the same time." I just google my phone number and found all my other details though, better fix that.
- jiggy2011 15y agoEven if it doesn't technically violate the DPA there must be something this violates? I wonder if this was in the T&C when I signed the contract?
- Torn 15y agoUpdate at 14:40: Looks like they've removed the header from being inserted, no doubt after pressure from the ICO and the media cover. The system works!