Tag: ICO
These Graphs Show the UK Is Better at Reducing Unwanted Calls than the USA
Josh Bercu of USTelecom epitomizes one of the worst faults of the US comms sector: the selective use of data to exaggerate the effectiveness of consumer protection policies.
Buggy IMS Implementation Caused UK Mobile Operator to Broadcast the Location of Users
Anyone with a basic understanding of networks could have tracked customers of O2 UK due to a mistake with how a Mavenir IMS had been set up.
Dramatic Fall in Complaints about Spam and Scam Calls on Both Sides of the Atlantic
But there remain big differences in the number of complaints lodged by Americans and Brits. In other news, the IoT Security Foundation reports on the international adoption of vulnerability disclosure policies.
Americans Are Seven Times More Likely to Complain about Nuisance Calls than Brits
Comparing complaints received by the UK's ICO to the US FTC reveals remarkable similarities in trends despite divergent policies on reducing spam and scam calls.
Yet More Disinformation Spread about STIR/SHAKEN and the UK
Spot the difference between an English and a French article written by the same author, and both published after the UK regulator rejected the US standards for call validation.
Fewer Complaints about Nuisance Calls, but Which Controls Were Responsible?
The US and UK have differing strategies for stopping robocalls but the trends in complaints are remarkably similar.
Why Did UK Police Receive No Punishment for Unlawfully Recording 200,000 Calls?
The double standard in the application of the UK's data protection laws reflects the depth of institutionalized complacency.
3 Reasons to Question the Recent Anti-Spam Agreement between Australia and the UK
Yet another piece of paper promises cooperation to tackle nuisance calls and texts, but where is the real action?
Why an Argument about Antisemitism May Prompt Change in Data Protection Enforcement
A risky civil suit by Britain's Labour Party against allies of a former leader may sway the thinking of the country's next Prime Minister.
UK Government Proposes Heavy Fines for Spam Calls and Texts
But they also want to weaken rules that currently require politicians be held to the same standard as marketeers.
Virgin Media’s Data Breach Shows Why Risk Silos Fail
CEO Lutz Schüler and his team tried to shift the blame to a single employee, but the real blame for a breach that impacts 900,000 customers lies in the failure to unify the management of risk.
British Robocall Businessman Banned… 5 Years after the Nuisance Calls Began
Gregory Rudd ran Keurboom Communications, which was responsible for causing almost 100mn nuisance robocalls.
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