Questions tagged [phone]
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What exactly is the law about a mobile phone on one's lap while driving?
It is in the news that new speed cameras are able to use "AI" to see inside cars and:
clampdown on motorists “distracted” by their phones even if they have them on their lap while at the ...
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Is it legal to remove the SIM from your car?
There is a youtube video about data collection by cars. They suggest the solution of removing the SIM card from your car. They address some technical problems, such as getting access to the SIM card,...
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Are there continent wide standards for what constitutes a hand free phone wrt driving?
There is an article about an irrelevant celebrity arrest. It ends with this anecdote:
a resident recalled his run-in with the cop when he was talking on the speaker while driving. The Sag Harbor [...
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Is smart watch illegal while in control of the vehicle?
From the gov.uk website:
It’s illegal to hold and use a phone, sat nav, tablet, or any device
that can send or receive data, while driving or riding a motorcycle.
A smartwatch can send or receive ...
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GDPR, online shopping and phone numbers for shipping - Is it legal?
Many webshops expect the phone number to be entered for shipping. My understanding of the GDPR is that you are not even allowed to ask information which is not absolutely needed for the given task. ...
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Is phone number required for providing phone warranties in Australia?
When buying a phone in retail store, they ask for my phone number so that they can "provide phone warranties". Is this an excuse to obtain my phone number for marketing purposes? Is it ...
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In India, what phone location tracking may or must network providers do to aid police?
For android phones in India-
1). suppose if a phone was moving around within few miles radious for few days and it was turned on several times in that duration. But now the phone is turned off ...
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Interpretation of EU roaming obligations for non-EU states
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While travelling, I entered Andorra (not a member of the EU) and stayed there for 2 days. I was unaware that Andorra was not included in the list of countries in which EU-roaming is free. (...
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Would it be legal to erase, disable, or destroy your phone when a CBP agent attempted to seize it?
If a Customs and Border Protection agent demanded that I give him my phone while I (a US citizen) was re-entering the US, would it be legal for me to activate some kind of "panic button" ...
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Is blocking third-party phone numbers GDPR-compliant?
To be compliant with GDPR you have to process phone numbers as personal data.
Suppose there is a service which users can subscribe to in order to block calls from numbers which the users nominate. The ...
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How do people with a flip phone comply with Australia's new law? [closed]
Recently Australia passed regulations requiring some citizens to download an app to their phones and occasionally send geotracked selfies to the government to confirm their location.
How would someone ...
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What rights and responsibilities exist with respect to mobile phone use and arrest?
It is in the news today that Wayne Couzens made an unlawful arrest of Sarah Everard in the process of her murder. If one found oneself in a situation where this was a possibility an obvious solution ...
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Purchasing cell phone without warranty
What does it mean when, for a consumer such as myself, purchasing say a Xiaomi phone without a warranty from Amazon? If it states returnable/refundable?
Why should it be a concern?
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GDPR - Who Called Me type of situation
I would like to ask how does it work with GDPR and a service like "who called me".
Basically there are no publicly listed phone numbers as these kind of websites are using pretty much every ...
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What responsibilities do mobile phone operators have if a plan they offer is ruled illegal in court?
There was a recent court ruling by the European Court of Justice about net neutrality (source, unfortunately in German). Essentially the operators where offering plans with a limited full speed ...
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