[governance] European Commission Wants UK to Beef Up Privacy

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Here our INEGroup members agree and I hope that the IGF/IGC does
as well.  Problem is that it seems that P2P and abuses by ICANN
registrars on a nearly daily basis are excluded.  One is surely
compelled to wonder why?  Seems also that the UK in particular
as a member of the EU is taking a more nationalistic position here...

See:
(November 2, 2009)
The European Commission says that the UK government has not adequately
protected citizens' privacy.  The concerns centers on 2006 and 2007
trials of the Phorm targeted behavioral advertising technology in which
people were not informed that their surfing habits were being tracked.
European Union telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding wants "the
UK authorities to change their national laws to ensure that British
citizens fully benefit from the safeguards set out in EU law concerning
confidentiality of electronic communications." The UK has two months to
respond to the Commission's letter.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8337685.stm


Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders strong!)
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