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| Regulators call for global data protection law |
| 2005-09-20 |
| Perfect headline for this - makes me think of the James boys. Money shot:
And enforced just as lackadaisically if at all, I'd imagine. The UN is already dead, but it's too stupid to know it. |
| Posted by:mojo |
| #7 In what they have called the Montreux Declaration, Smoke on the water... That is where Deep Purple recorded that song in 1971 in Montreax, Switzerland. Seems appropriate. A little music trivia from the folks who live it. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-09-20 22:04 |
| #6 This is an important issue for the WoT and law enforcement in general. The MSM systematically misrepresents it by equating it to human rights or freedoms (it is most definitely not the same) and does nothing to explain the consequences of this kind of legislation. As an example Able Danger would certainly be illegal under any king of privacy legislation, because it requires access to data with identifying personal data. The main thing this kind of legislation prohibits. Able Danger type data mining is one of the few tools available to identify terrorist acts in the planning stage. To throw it away is lunacy. Data mining has widespread application right across law enforcement and will make our societies safer. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-09-20 17:23 |
| #5 Hierarchies of value: Dirty Harry: Lawyers -> Child Molesters.....good people Barbara Skolaut: UN (NYC)-> Toxic waste....good things Yep, Barbara, that is about right. The UN should be declared toxic waste and dealt with accordingly. Just don't make it a Superfund site, or the US will be stuck with the cleanup bill (we already are, heh). |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-09-20 16:31 |
| #4 "The UN needs to die or at least get out of NY so we can use the land for something useful." More useful that the UN, AP? A toxic landfill comes to mind. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-20 16:17 |
| #3 It's the same playbook. Make a bunch of regulations by unelected officials with no accountability. Put it under the umbrella of the UN. No way. The UN needs to die or at least get out of NY so we can use the land for something useful. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-09-20 14:48 |
| #2 Perhaps the UN should go see the Enigma exhibit at the National Cryptologic Museum. Perhaps they already have. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-20 13:50 |
| #1 To paraphrase the words of Admiral Grace Hooper - the Privacy Act and automation are mutually exclusive. |
| Posted by: Hupaimble Elmolurt2226 2005-09-20 13:16 |