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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Using personal data

It is generally a requirement for mobile operators to store the call detail records (CDRs) for some period of time mainly for billing and auditing purposes. Similarly internet service providers (ISPs) are required to store the IP detail records (IPDR). In banking all financial transactions are recorded in statements or financial transaction records (FTR).  While these records all have primary purposes for being retained for a period of time, there are secondary uses for the data by applying data mining and analysis.

Traditionally, CDRs are analysed to determine data on network performance by detecting dropped and blocked calls…

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