A Telenor Myanmar customer has complained to Norway’s data protection authority that a planned sale of the business risks a potentially dangerous breach of privacy
BANGKOK — A customer of Telenor’s Myanmar telecommunications business has filed a complaint 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.
After the military ousted Myanmar’s elected government last year, Norway-based Telenor Group announced it would sell its business there to the M1 Group, a Lebanese-based investment firm. It also wrote off the value of the business. Final details of the sale remain unclear.
The complaint filed Monday on behalf of a…