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MTN and Vodacom yet to notify Information Regulator of location data breach
Vodacom and MTN have yet to inform the Information Regulator of South Africa of the unlawful use of cellphone location data by Wireless Application Service Providers (WASPs) to track subscribers on their networks.
This follows investigations into the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, which revealed that criminals were able to track Kinnear’s movements through his phone using location-based data and plan his assassination.
Kinnear’s assassination exposed the widespread abuse of location-based data to track the movement of South Africans without their knowledge or consent. This data is provided to companies by Vodacom and MTN.
Vodacom and MTN have yet to inform the Information Regulator of South Africa of the unlawful use of cellphone location data by Wireless Application Service Providers (WASPs) to track subscribers on their networks.
This follows investigations into the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, which revealed that criminals were able to track Kinnear’s movements through his phone using location-based data and plan his assassination.
Kinnear’s assassination exposed the widespread abuse of location-based data to track the movement of South Africans without their knowledge or consent. This data is provided to companies by Vodacom and MTN.
