Re: [ga] New Privacy Initiative

[Joe Gluza <jlg1@cam.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Joop Teernstra wrote:

<snip>
> Especially for Individual Domain Name Holders privacy of their home
> adresses and protection against abuse of their email adresses is a crucial
> issue.
>
> At this point in time, only EU citizens enjoy such protection.
<snip>

But probably not for much longer.  The story is that the US is about to use the
WTO to overturn EU privacy laws concerning Data Security which are thought to
constrain US business.

Joe

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