Mobile phone number released to websites

[adamtemp64]

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4990 ... visit.html
Just checked mine and mine was displayed

O2 twitter dm sent screen shot taken sort this issue

[Anonymous]

The only option any mobile phone company is going to offer is the option to PAY MORE ! Every single mobile phone company in the UK needs investigating by a government run consumer affairs minister. They have been allowed to treat customers in a shabby, under hand way for far to long. They have begun to see themselves as untouchable.

[Anonymous]

When you browse from an O2 mobile, we add the user's mobile number to this technical information, but only with certain trusted partners.

Ummm OPT-OUT PLEASE???

[jonsie]

Not much chance of that with O2, although I think it's standard through all the networks. O2 will no doubt quote T&Cs to cover it.

[Anonymous]

Not much chance of that with O2, although I think it's standard through all the networks. O2 will no doubt quote T&Cs to cover it.

There's absolutely nothing in my contract saying they'll pass my mobile number to trusted partners. Unless I'm completely blind.

[Anonymous]

Not much chance of that with O2, although I think it's standard through all the networks. O2 will no doubt quote T&Cs to cover it.

There's absolutely nothing in my contract saying they'll pass my mobile number to trusted partners. Unless I'm completely blind.

Clause 21.3 seems to clearly state they can provide your contact information, communication history, service costs, and your mobile location to "associated companies, partners, or agents" on top of the usual credit and law enforcement agencies, and that they can do so "for the purposes of operating your account and providing you with the Service", which is a pretty wide remit and does include the reasons O2 would be passing on your number, such as operator billing, automatic account login, the £1 pay-to-opt-out-of-the-porn-filter, etc.
So, unless your contract is different to the standard one on their website, its plain as day they can basically do what they want with your info with their selected partners.

[adamtemp64]

Q: I want to leave O2 with immediate effect because you have breached T&Cs / shared my data without my consent. Can I?
A. In this instance, and as acknowledged by the Information Commissioner, there has been no immediate breach of the Data Protection Act. This was a technical error that has now been rectified. In light of this, customers’ contracts remain valid and O2 shall continue to provide you a service in accordance with your terms and conditions.

source http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2012/01/o2-mo ... wsing.html the updated q&a now live

[perksie]

Incomplete link Adam, this one should work:
http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2012/01/o2-mo ... wsing.html

[adamtemp64]

doh I over edited out address as I had been looking at comments and it had a page 5 link lol thanks and corrected in mine now

[Anonymous]

So if some one falls on a knife I am holding and dies, I can claim it was a technical error rather than anything malicious ?

[Anonymous]

Thought there might be a topic on this. Now you'll have to trust me, don't ask for sources etc, there's no point I won't give them, and if you don't believe me, then fine, but don't bother giving me grief here.
Without being too specific, I work in this area, and the other operators have come out saying they don't do this, but I know that on at least 1 occasion this has happened to another operator, i.e. the msisdn sent to EVERY website visited not just trusted ones. Have found the email in question and I can tell you it wasn't Orange or Voda.