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Unsolicited ED Mnangagwa Texts Illegal - MISA

1 year agoFri, 14 Apr 2023 08:18:23 GMT
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Unsolicited ED Mnangagwa Texts Illegal - MISA

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) says the sending of unsolicited political messages to mobile phone users violates the Cyber and Data Protection Act.

This comes after voters across the country have been bombarded with messages purportedly from President Emmerson Mnangagwa soliciting votes ahead of forthcoming general elections.

MISA has written a letter to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) dated 11 April asking how third parties were accessing citizens’ personal data, including phone numbers.

In the letter, MISA Zimbabwe chapter director Tabani Moyo noted that the messages were based on constituency segmentations as per the voters’ roll. Part of the letter reads:

Over the past few weeks, mobile phone users have reported receiving unsolicited political messages that are personalised and highly targeted through local and constituency-based segmentation.

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The messages’ personalisation and targeted nature are closely related to the information in the voters’ roll.

There is every reason to believe that the unsolicited texts violate the Cyber and Data Protection Act which governs the use of personal biometric data.

The Act states that the use of personal biometric data in this way is prohibited unless the data subject gives consent in writing.

… In that regard, MISA Zimbabwe seeks to know how third parties have access to subscriber numbers and are sending unsolicited messages in a possible breach of the law.

One of the messages sent to a subscriber reads:

Kwaziwai. Iyi ndiyo WhatsApp nhamba yangu yeSeke 0719******, ichengetedzei mufoni menyu nekuzivisa vamwe vagari vemaSeke. Ndichange ndichikuzivisai paWhatsApp STATUS yangu, zvirikuitwa nehurumende kuvaka nyika yedu nemuno maSeke. Ndatenda, ndini wenyu President ED Mnangagwa.

Moyo indicated that mobile telecommunication operators, that is Econet, NetOne, and Telecel, as well as Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZZEC) have denied leaking citizens’ personal information to ZANU PF.

He said POTRAZ ought to clarify the matter and ensure that citizens’ right to privacy will remain protected.

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43 Comments

. · 1 year ago
I'm pissed off,nxaaaa
Anonymous · 1 year ago
It seems they are trying to use chacoal to roast fish in the pond....
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Just reply the message muchitaura zvamoda.
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Tanker riripaQueue kuiswawo fuel.
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Netone is a state owned entity, so these guys have an access to all netone subscribers
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🐔 Chicken · 1 year ago
These messages are not constituency or ward based. Someone in Tsholotsho received a message from Makoni and this might be a scam to label, denounce or discredit. A message is being sent at a time and it is received countywide and it is also likely to fall on people in the stated constituency or ward. This is an issue for Network providers not parties. It's simple for them to identify who is sending the messages, the number was registered in whose name?
AntiZANU · 1 year ago
Since these are Zanu messages, going to report to the Zanu Republic Police will be a waste of ttime and risky because they might even make you disappear.
Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 1 year ago
mese motomirira commander in chief akuudzei kuti motora gwara ripi,#ED pamberi nekubatana pasi ne mhanduu nyika inovakwa nevene vayo 🧱 upon 🧱 hallelujah peace peace and peace
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Pisi wazi nevha eni opusheni
.zet · 1 year ago
If people are not educated enough and don't know what they want a government they create will be nothing but a confederation of fools ...history has taught zim for 4 decades if u don't put ur politics right you will never make it right in your economy...Wisdom in a Nutshell
Pombiyadonha · 1 year ago
Ine basa rei number,wakazvarwa nayo here.Yawakangopiwa naservice provider .Chako ihandset yako iyo.Saka unotofunga kuti number yefone itop secret.Tengai mombe,mbudzi ,huku nemadhadha ndoproperty kwete kuswera kupengera number .Vamwe venyu your mentality is worse than cats and dogs.Ndosaka muri vana dodo
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Kkkkkkk pombiyadonha vaudze hako
Cde che · 1 year ago
Zvautori pombiyadonhazve iwee kkk
Manganye · 1 year ago
Ndoona kuti vanodziwana ku zec
good fighter · 1 year ago
message inebasa rei ,ko vema loan vanosenda massage vanenge vawanepi # dzedu
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Ko iye H.E Economic Disaster ane zvaakataura here
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Jim Munkuli · 1 year ago
takamirira ma vote , vote for Chamisa CCC ❎
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Mablazo · 1 year ago
Ko iye E.D wacho ngaapindureka tinzwe. Asi baba Vaya dzakati kwesere here nhym?
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· 1 year ago
Dzakaburuka dzikatsmbiswa kumahumbwe naMafidhi
jimalo · 1 year ago
how far ma elections acho arikuitwa here
Hillbillies Auctioneers · 1 year ago
it's Dog🐕 eat Dog 🐕 maZimbabweans versus ZANUPF, zvino iyo ruling party zvayatyora mutemo ichasungwa nani, macourts edu ndiwo ari captured
Führer · 1 year ago
Endai munosungirira mbudzi kumusha
ED · 1 year ago
Chamisa ngaapinde muZanu pf ndokuti ndmuvhotere
Tendai Luwizhi · 1 year ago
unorwara iwe
Chinotimba · 1 year ago
Uyu unogwara uyu!
Sorojena · 1 year ago
Cell numbers have now become our digital footprint, pamunonyoresa paya mazita enyu kuti muwane rubetsero kunyaya dzechikafu, Zanu pf inenge ichicompiler mazita. But anywhere we have tools against such spams. Kutambisa nguva.
zim · 1 year ago
Vamwe atina kumobvira takanyoresa kupinda food mbeu or anything
Muzimba · 1 year ago
Taura hako toswera tisipo pamba amenho zvenyika inu so
MAMBO · 1 year ago
Vanhu vanovhunduka ka 🤣🤣😂 ini ndakatozvishayawo kuti ko number dzedu dzawanikwepi nhaimi
Active citizen · 1 year ago
Mukati mazikanwa nemtungamiri we Nyika ka
Anonymous · 1 year ago
But if you release an arrow from its bow you can not rut after it and stop it hitting ka the target Aready message ya svika hero gumbeze kufuka kana kuwarira the problem nema anti this anti that havatarise time neku finder a quick antidote but they spend time appealing before courts ko scrutinizer instead voita wo zvavo attacking back to counter but Tichazongo sangana wo ka kuma ballots
chokwadi · 1 year ago
@anonymous..Chetek Chetek.. mu ballot box.
Maparamuro · 1 year ago
If the message comes to me I will reply and tell the sender to go to hell and list reasons why.
1 · 1 year ago
It says you can't reply to this short code
Active citizen · 1 year ago
Yooooh these messages are so boring l wonder where they take our numbers
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Good luck with that
263 · 1 year ago
ngatingoitei report number tese pa WhatsApp and it will be banned from WhatsApp as Spam
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