Tag: ofcom
South Korean Police Offers Cash and Reduced Sentences to Scammers Who Turn Informant This Month
Authorities in South Korea want scammers to return from compounds in China, Cambodia and the Philippines. In other news, NZ police found the country's first SMS smishing blaster.
UK Statistics Show Why Whistleblowing Matters
A robust whistleblowing procedure is a deterrent to wrongdoing by staff.
Thoughts about the UK Regulatory Consultation on Mobile Messaging Scams
The work done by institutions can be dominated by silos and categories; criminals exploit the cracks between them.
Registries, Timezones, Molehills and a Man Named Bhavesh: How Silos Give Scammers an Advantage
This week we examine how regulators are creating or overcoming barriers to cooperation via news from Australia, the UK and the USA.
UK Comms Regulator Joins International Anti-Scam Coordination Group
Ofcom's participation in the Global Informal Regulatory Antifraud Forum (GIRAF) improves the prospects of GIRAF recruiting from countries that have signed bilateral agreements with the UK.
BT Fined for ‘Failing’ 1mn Customers by Not Providing Info about Contracts
Some customers may have paid early exit fees although there was no binding contract because of inadequacies in the telco's onboarding process.
Notifying Telco Customers of Best Tariffs Encourages More to Re-Contract
Research by the UK comms regulator found that sending annual notifications of the best available tariffs had a positive influence on the number of out-of-contract customers who chose to re-contract.
How Britain Used Brexit to End Net Neutrality but Nobody Noticed
A lot of guidance can defeat a very little principle.
10 Takeaways from Big UK Consumer Survey of Suspicious Calls and Messages
Never mind pet theories about nuisance calls and messages; Ofcom commissioned a survey of the recent experience of 2,202 Brits.
Global STIR/SHAKEN Is Dead; What Comes Next?
The UK regulator has killed any prospect of US anti-spoofing protocols gaining universal traction. We need international anti-scam strategies that focus on the basics.
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.
UK Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; US Plan to Control Global Caller ID Now Dead
Respondents to a public consultation identified such severe flaws with the anti-spoofing protocols that the UK regulator had to abandon its previous support.
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