Data complaint filed over Telenor Myanmar sale

A file photo shows customers line up outside a Telenor showroom to buy SIM cards in Yangon, Myanmar. A customer of Telenor’s Myanmar telecommunications business has filed a complaint on Feb 7, 2022, with Norway’s data protection authority saying the company’s plan to sell the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy, the law firm representing the person said. — AP

YANGON: The proposed sale of Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor’s Myanmar subsidiary could put sensitive personal data of millions of customers into the hands of the junta, according to a complaint filed on Feb 8.

Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup last year sparked huge protests and a bloody military crackdown on dissent.