this is extremely beneficial for international development and humanitarian action while the capacity to collect and analyze larger and more complex kinds of data is increasing the state of mobile data for social good report shows the value of harnessing mobile data for humanitarian and development action mobile network operators hold data for nearly five billion unique mobile subscribers and eight billion connections using that data to improve the wellbeing of communities requires a concerted effort to meet the unique needs of all stakeholders and ensure privacy rights are respected so the benefits to society outweigh the risks associated with data use