Re: [ga-sys] Territorial approach to privacy issues

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Bill and all,

William S. Lovell wrote:

> Alexander Svensson wrote:
>
> > Hello Bill,
> >
> > William S. Lovell wrote on 13.06.01, 17:34:31:
> > > U. S. Presidential elections aside, the law is the law.
> > :)
> > > Moreover,
> > > protection of privacy has long been a cultural tradition in Europe,
> > > much more so than in the U.S., and for quite a historically long time.
> > > Joanna's assumption is perfectly valid. (Let's hear from one of our
> > > other EU people on this, such as Jefsey, huh?)
> >
> > I agree with Joanna's description: There are obviously
> > also differences in the degree of privacy protection
> > between European countries, but the difference between
> > the European and the U.S. privacy protection seems to
> > be much stronger. For example in Germany, the right
> > to 'informational self-determination' is constitutionally
> > protected,
>
> Beautiful! If you have access to it, send us a copy, and we'll
> get it into the U. S. Constitution and the 'Rules of the Road'
> for the Internet. (I can hear the 'no government control of
> the Internet' crowd now, but quite frankly, I'd rather have the
> FBI protecting my rights than Mr. Walsh's market forces.)

  All I can say to this is "Remember Ruby Ridge" and "Remember
Waco"!

>
>
> Bill Lovell
>
> > and even though the privacy protection is
> > already stronger than in the U.S., still 47% of the Germans
> > believe that more should be done to protect their privacy
> > (representative survey by BAT Freizeit-Forschungsinstitut
> > 1998).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > /// Alexander
> >
> > > "William X. Walsh" wrote:
> > >> Hello Joanna,
> > >>
> > >> Wednesday, June 13, 2001, 1:30:55 AM, Joanna Lane wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > The EU Privacy law was made by a democratically elected government, that
> > >> > represents the voice of the majority of people in its 15 nations.
> > >>
> > >> This implies that the laws passed by politicians automatically are
> > >> acceptable to over half of the population.
> > >>
> > >> That is a faulty assumption.
> > >>
> > >> You cannot say that a majority of Europeans support the law simply
> > >> because it was passed by the EU's elected politicians.
> > >>
> > >> That is not a fair statement to make.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> William X Walsh
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