Re: Re[2]: [ga-sys] EU Ministers Split on Unsolicited Email ban

["NameCritic" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
----- Original Message -----
From: "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
To: "Eric Dierker" <eric@hi-tek.com>
Cc: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>; <eric@hi-tek.com.vn>; "ga-sys"
<ga-sys@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:29 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [ga-sys] EU Ministers Split on Unsolicited Email ban


> Hello Eric,
>
> Thursday, June 28, 2001, 6:28:24 PM, Eric Dierker wrote:
>
> > Joanna and Bill,
>
> > I get your points and appreciate them.  What I would like to know is; Is
there
> > more public awareness of privacy matters in Europe than in the Americas
or is it
> > that the top-down guys are more responsible and less prone to cave into
IP and
> > police interests?  OTOH it may be neither, so my question is why is
there more
> > concern and respect for privacy in Europe and how do we get some of that
stuff?
>
> Actually, Europe as a rule more easy caves in on privacy when it deals
> with law enforcement.  America has much more freedom from that as a
> rule.

Yeah we have Echelon and Carnivore here. Our police don't need permission.

>
> I don't think there is more concern about privacy in EU, to be clear.
> I think the entire thing is a dog and pony show for the EU parliament
> to assert itself in some way on an "easy" topic to try and get
> concessions from the US, and thus more "legitimize" themselves.
>
> Don't bother trying to convince me otherwise, Joanna  :)  I respect we
> disagree on this, and if you want to post to the list to dispute my
> assessment, for others, by all means do, but if the only reason is to
> convince me otherwise, save the bytes  :)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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