RE: [atlarge-discuss] OUTREACH FYI: TOUGH EU PRIVACY RULES

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

Judyth,
I agree with you, but I think (may be wrong) that the EU privacy directive
is pointed at controlling the aggregation of data that occurs without the
public's prior knowledge and consent, through cookies and the like. What
concerns us is the nature and extent of consent that members will be
granting to us when they sign up. We must balance the public's right to
privacy and not to be spammed with being kept informed and consulted on
policy decision making in a timely manner. We cannot claim to be a bottom up
policy making organization if we never ask the members what they think.

Regards,
Joanna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: espresso@e-scape.net [mailto:espresso@e-scape.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: [atlarge-discuss] OUTREACH FYI: TOUGH EU PRIVACY RULES
>
>
> These are the crucial points of data privacy:
> "EU standards specify that data may be collected only
> for "specified, explicit and legitimate purposes, and to be held
> only if it
> is relevant, accurate and up to date." Citizens may access any data about
> themselves, find out its source, correct inaccuracies, and pursue legal
> recourse for misuse."
>
> I believe strongly that the information we (or anyone else) might
> collect should meet those criteria, whether the U.S. adopts them
> or not. That goes double if we expect to have any real
> credibility as standing on the moral high ground compared to ICANN.
>
> Regards,
>
> Judyth
>
> ---
>
> From NewsScan Daily http://www.newsscan.com/newsscan/
>
> TOUGH EU PRIVACY RULES INFLUENCE U.S. WEB PRACTICES
> Europe's strict approach to consumer data protection is forcing many
> U.S.-based companies to follow suit in order to continue serving their
> European customers. "Europeans are extremely concerned about the use of
> data about people," says Rockwell Schnabel, the U.S. ambassador to the
> European Union. "The data privacy issue is a huge issue over there.
> American partners have to live with those rules, and they can't
> do with it
> what they can with American data." A case in point is Microsoft's
> Passport
> online ID service that enables users to log in once and then move
> from one
> secure Web site to another. Consumer and privacy groups had accused
> Microsoft of not taking adequate steps to protect consumers' personal
> information and in a settlement earlier this month, Microsoft admitted no
> wrongdoing, but agreed to government oversight of its consumer privacy
> policies for the next 20 years. A separate Passport investigation
> by the EU
> is still pending. "The EU directive raised the bar on the
> practices by U.S.
> companies for U.S. consumers," says Marc Rotenberg, head of the
> Electronic
> Privacy Information Center. "Passport is a good example of that, because
> Microsoft is very much aware that its products are going to have
> to meet EU
> privacy standards." EU standards specify that data may be collected only
> for "specified, explicit and legitimate purposes, and to be held
> only if it
> is relevant, accurate and up to date." Citizens may access any data about
> themselves, find out its source, correct inaccuracies, and pursue legal
> recourse for misuse. (San Jose Mercury News 29 Aug 2002)
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/3966648.htm
>
>
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