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  • 19 Jan 2021 | Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn
  • 18 Jan 2021 | RAG and GSMA FASG Top Poll of Respected RAFM Collaborations; GRAPA and CFCA at Bottom
  • 15 Jan 2021 | US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector
  • 14 Jan 2021 | Data, Debt and Appreciating Loyal Customers
  • 13 Jan 2021 | Wake Up Sleepy Customers to Revive Profits
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  • 11 Jan 2021 | RAFM Collaboration: Who Do You Know and Who Do You Respect?
> 2017 July

Slack Supplier Exposes Verizon Customer Records

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Jul 2017 Data & Analytics

Nice Systems insecurely configured an Amazon cloud server used to hold data about calls made to Verizon’s contact center.


Would You Pay $250 to Intercept Somebody’s Calls?

By Eric Priezkalns 14 Jul 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

SS7 has security issues, but perhaps they have been over-publicized.


Why India Is Racing Ahead with Know Your Customer Biometrics

By Dan Baker 13 Jul 2017 Data & Analytics

Shankar Palaniandy of FRS Labs talks about the Indian national ID database and its impact on customer verification and services.


MTN Nigeria Embroiled in Row after 11 Arrested for Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Jul 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

One of the people arrested blamed engineers at MTN headquarters for taking advantage of weak IT security.


Canada Orders Google to De-Index Global Results

By IPKat 11 Jul 2017 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Canada’s Supreme Court disagreed with Google about whether one country could impose a decision to remove search results even if that might break laws elsewhere.


4 Reasons Why Telco Sharing of Ad Data Would Be Madness

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Jul 2017 Data & Analytics

Execs would be foolish to disregard downside risks whilst overstating the extent they can monetize data.


Why We Must Learn from Africans

By Eric Priezkalns 7 Jul 2017 Education & Conferences

Kenyan consultant Joseph Nderitu has been appointed RAG African Agenda Coordinator. This signals a change in who should lead the global development of risk and assurance practices.


10th Successive Quarter of Record Vodafone UK Complaints

By Eric Priezkalns 6 Jul 2017 Assurance & Audit

It might take another two and a half years before Vodafone’s bill complaints reduce to the level of other UK telcos.


Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2017

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Jul 2017 General

Which stories grabbed the attention of your peers? Here is a rundown of the most popular Commsrisk articles during June.


A Blink at RAG

By Stefan Lueg 4 Jul 2017 Education & Conferences

Not many people can say the first week of their new job involved meeting a hundred international experts.


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US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector


Data, Debt and Appreciating Loyal Customers


Wake Up Sleepy Customers to Revive Profits



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    I don't half the groups on this list. Some of them must be doing almost nothing.
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