https://www.scmp.com/rss/511359/feed Patrick Phongsathorn is a human rights advocacy associate at Fortify Rights, a human rights group working in Southeast Asia. Before Fortify Rights Patrick worked for the UN in Lebanon and Timor-Leste. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor Group announced the sale of its Myanmar operations to Lebanese investment firm M1 Group in July, the people of Myanmar were five months into nationwide protests and strikes opposing the February 1 coup, which threatened to plunge the country back to the dark days of military rule. Data relating to Telenor Myanmar’s 18 million customers forms part of that sale. And in the wrong hands, that data could mean life or death for the company’s former clients. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3158936/dangerous-data-telenors-irresponsible-exit-myanmar-may-put-customers-lives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3158936/dangerous-data-telenors-irresponsible-exit-myanmar-may-put-customers-lives?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:00:17 +0000