And regardless, she contended, the company's practices seem to violate the Federal Wiretap law, which states that a communications provider can't share its subscribers' information without consent.
The ICO found that none of the subscribers had given specific consent to receive that kind of marketing, a requirement under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier shall not use any facilities used by the satellite carrier to collect personally identifiable information concerning any subscriber without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber concerned.
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier shall not disclose personally identifiable information concerning any subscriber without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber concerned and shall take such actions as are necessary to prevent unauthorized access to such information by a person other than the subscriber or satellite carrier.
Arguably a well-meant project, the Samaritans Radar angered many of those is was supposed to help, threatening to share their tweets (without their consent) with "concerned" subscribers who could turn out to be anything but.
The service provider must inform the users or subscribers, prior to obtaining their consent, of the type of location data other than traffic data which will be processed, of the purposes and duration of the processing and whether the data will be transmitted to a third party for the purpose of providing the value added service.
TXU expects to make big savings by replacing equipment before it fails, pinpointing power cuts and even briefly reducing the amount of energy certain appliances consume with the consent of the subscriber, says Mr Baker.An air conditioner, for example, could be remotely turned down a bit when required in order to prevent a blackout.
In response, the new gay movement placed an emphasis on easy issues of identity, such as equalising the age of consent, and we became willing subscribers.
(59) Where location data other than traffic data can be processed, such data should be processed only when they are made anonymous or with the prior consent of the users or subscribers concerned, who should be given clear and comprehensive information concerning the possibility of withdrawing their consent at any time.
