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Not sure you legally own a phone number... isn't more of you legally have the right to use it whilst the telco allows it/and you pay your bill?
by edf13 3y ago
Not sure you legally own a phone number... isn't more of you legally have the right to use it whilst the telco allows it/and you pay your bill?
- red_trumpet 3y agoIsn't the telco contractually required to let me use it? Not sure about the US, but in Germany I think you even have the right to keep your phone number when changing telcos.
- easyThrowaway 3y agoI guess it depends on the jurisdiction, but in Europe (at least, France and Italy I'm certain of) the phone number is treated as personal sensitive data[1] and "owned" by the contract owner, not the telco. [1] https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/legal-grounds-processing-data/sensitive-data/what-personal-data-considered-sensitive_en https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoNo, this is not ownership.