Experts have lambasted new laws to collect information about prepaid cellphone users, citing their “severe” privacy implications. One academic described existing rules that forced operators to retain personal call data for a minimum of three years as “excessive”. And as of last Wednesday the government will collect more data. Operators now have to obtain the…
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ZA: All SIM cards to be registered
All cellphone SIM cards will have to be registered in terms of legislation coming into effect in Zambia on Wednesday. The Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment Act (Rica) [pdf] aims to help law enforcement agencies investigate and combat serious crime, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday. It would…