Tag: privacy
USD25mn Payout for AT&T Data Breach
An FCC investigation of AT&T resulted in the regulator's largest ever penalty for a privacy breach. The personal data of 280,000 customers had been abused as part of a scam to unlock stolen and second-hand handsets.
Silent Circle to Offer Blackphone 2, Tablet and More Secure Services
The Blackphone supplier announces a string of new products and services aimed at security-conscious enterprise customers.
Mixed Messages on Privacy and Security at MWC
Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Group CEO, has been praised for talking about security and privacy during his speech at Mobile World Congress. But did he say enough? And was it undermined by what DT CEO Timotheus Hottges said afterwards?
FTC Privacy Report Pushes Do-Not-Track
The United States' Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has completed its final commission report on protecting consumer privacy; you can download it from here.One key...
O2 Data Breach: customers are best testers
UK mobile operator O2 found themselves in trouble last week, when it was discovered they automatically sent the user's telephone number to any website...
RA vs Privacy: Malawi Row Continues
As previously reported on talkRA Malawi's regulator is imposing a 'revenue assurance' system on its operators, even though the operators insist it infringes customer...
Malawi: Making RA a Human Rights Issue
In a previous post I highlighted the plans of Malawi's regulator to implement a controversial new 'spy' system for the purpose of revenue assurance,...
The Privacy Iceberg
More years ago than I care to remember, I came up with an analogy to explain the fundamental dilemma of revenue assurance. Leakage...
No Guarantees…
I was struck by the following passage when reading about the new strategic plans that ex-BT CEO Ben Verwaayen had unveiled for Alcatel-Lucent:Alcatel-Lucent’s plan...
