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The Telecom Digest for December 7, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 286 : "text" Format
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 23:04:54 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: California sues Delta for failing to put privacy policy on mobile app
Message-ID: <p0624080fcce71b2ff496@[10.0.1.5]>
California sues Delta for failing to put privacy policy on mobile app
Attorney general is seeking to enforce state's Online Privacy Protection Act.
by Timothy B. Lee
Ars Technica
Dec 6 2012
Delta Airlines is the first target of California regulators, who are
enforcing a state law requiring mobile app developers to disclose
information about their privacy policies. California attorney general
Kamala Harris has sued the airline in San Francisco Superior Courts,
saying it is not in compliance with the Online Privacy Protection
Act. That legislation, enacted by the California legislature in 2003,
requires app developers to conspicuously display a privacy policy
describing what personally identifiable information is collected by
the app and how that information will be used.
Delta offers the "Fly Delta" app, which allows users to check in to
their flights, rebook flights, pay for checked baggage, and perform a
variety of other tasks. But what it doesn't do, according to the
attorney general's office, is give the user easy access to the
airline's privacy policy. Delta does have a privacy policy on its
website. But Harris says that policy does not mention the "Fly Delta"
app and is not "reasonably accessible" to users of the app.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/california-sues-delta-for-failing-to-put-privacy-policy-on-mobile-app/
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:39:56 -0600
From: Frank Stearns <franks.pacifier.com@pacifier.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Best simple screening system?
Message-ID: <-umdndXsVLIxjVzNnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@posted.palinacquisition>
Robot Rachel and her evil robot sister, Ann, are hitting me up 2-4 times a day now
for interest rate reductions on my credit cards -- and making me crazy.
This device looks promising:
http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=4
("Call Screener")
It appears to do just what's needed, including answering with a SIT group. Seems
like a cheap solution; curious what the pros here suggest, and whether others have
had experience with this device.
Thanks in advance,
Frank
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 23:47:03 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls
Message-ID: <p06240815cce721796e0c@[10.0.1.5]>
Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls
Telcos lobby for drastic change, think content networks getting a free ride.
by Iljitsch van Beijnum
Dec 1 2012
Ars Technica
"Operating agencies shall negotiate commercial agreements to achieve
a sustainable system of fair compensation for telecommunications
services and, where appropriate, respecting the principle of sending
party network pays."
That's the input that a number of former monopoly, European telecoms
sent to the member states of the United Nation's International
Telecommunication Union (ITU). Why? Because, for the first time since
1988, the ITU will be negotiating new international telecom
regulations from December 3 to 14 in Dubai. And that meeting will
mark the first opportunity for the ITU to bring Internet issues under
its umbrella.
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http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/dear-itu-please-dont-bill-internet-use-like-phone-calls/
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