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Why withdrawing data consent could cost you M-Pesa services

Safaricom collects personally identifiable information. [File, Standard]

Safaricom users can now withdraw consent to restrict personal information about their M-Pesa accounts or their transactions from being shared with third parties.

However, exercising this right could see subscribers lose some or all functionality of their M-Pesa accounts.

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