SIM card info sought under amendment to Super Snooper Act
Publish date: 02 April 2007
Issue Number: 1797
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Labour
Laws that give the government the power to intercept and monitor everyone\'s communications will also make it compulsory for the cellphone numbers of all SA cellphone users to be registered with the interception authorities before the end of the year, says a report in The Sunday Independent.
Parliament is considering amendments to sections of the Interception and Monitoring Act, one of which would make it compulsory for every cellphone SIM card to be registered, failing which the service would be discontinued. Under the proposed amendment, all telecommunications networks and service providers will have to ensure that all the SIM cards of their customers\' phones are registered. Failure to do so will be a criminal offence. Full report in The Sunday Independent
