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On 22/07/11 17:34, Norbert Bollow wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">This link seems to indicate to me that there is a very significant
intersection of consumer protection issues and internet governance
issues that quite obviously cannot be addressed by national consumer
protection laws alone, but need international internet governance
action in addition.
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I agree. After I posted, I realised that my email might be taken as
saying "No it's not an Internet governance issue, it's a consumer
protection issue." That is quite to the contrary of what I meant.<br>
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<pre wrap="">(As an aside, although the proposals at the link that you posted
are good, and although it'll certainly be a good step forward to
get these issues added to international guidelines on consumer
protection law, as far as I can see, the current text there doesn't
cover risks of loss of access to one's own personal data and loss of
online identity due to "account closure".)
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I also agree. However, the proposals remain open for comment until
the end of next month and I would invite people to consider how they
might be improved, and comment at the link given.<br>
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