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2007-11-05 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2007-11-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Under the proposal, no personal data that could reveal race, ethnicity, political opinions, religion, trade union membership or health or sex-life information could be transmitted. Any such data that was shared would have to be deleted immediately by the data-analyzing units, the proposal says.

like....[scoff] ...who else would use it besides the data-analyzing units? That is one of those sentences that someone somewhere sent up a chain of command before it made it into print. It is feel good PR statement but it means nothing.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-11-05 05:07|| 2007-11-05 05:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Data, like my credit card number?

Posted by bigjm-ky 2007-11-05 06:24|| 2007-11-05 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the main reasons for collecting these data is to have a large database upon which to use sophisticated data mining techniques. Therefore, of course the data are kept permanently. In many large databases, "old" data are not deleted, but rather flagged as being old or out of date. Such data can be quite useful.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-11-05 08:08|| 2007-11-05 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Back in the 'good old days', you surrendered your passport to the hotel lobbyist to permit a police screen of any wants or warrants when I was in Europe. So, what's new, other than credit cards.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-05 09:25|| 2007-11-05 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Under the proposal, no personal data that could reveal race, ethnicity, political opinions, religion, trade union membership or health or sex-life information could be transmitted.

So, basically, they leave you open to credit card fraud while studiously avoiding any information that might be relevant.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-11-05 11:19|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-11-05 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, Robert, they need a source of funding for the data mining deal........why not make it self-financing? Heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-11-05 11:27|| 2007-11-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 The number one rule of "Database Nation": Nothing goes away anymore.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-11-05 12:53|| 2007-11-05 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 EMC likes it.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-11-05 15:22|| 2007-11-05 15:22|| Front Page Top

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