General News of Monday, 15 June 2020Source: Starr FMEI 63 Privacy Case: NCA fails to file defenceCommunications Minister, Ursula Owusu EkufulThe National Communications Authority (NCA) has failed to file a defence in the privacy right case ( EI 63) before the High Court in Accra. The case was brought against the President, Vodafone, MTN, Kelni GVG and the NCA by a private legal practitioner, Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur on April 6, 2020. Mr Arthur has alleged that EI 63 and its implementation have violated the privacy rights of telecommunication subscribers. In the EI, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the NCA to collect the personal information of all the over 20 million mobile phone subscribers in Ghana for him. However, there are concerns that the information has nothing to do with the stated objective of contact-tracing.

Source: GhanaWeb June 15, 2020 12:45 UTC