[governance] So Who (or What) is Managing Privacy for/by the 1 Billion+

[michael gurstein]

Sorry David, my basic training was in Philosophy (and not engineering :)) so
I tend to think with homologies and topological similarities -- similar
implicit structures in widely varied circustances. 

 

Anyway, to answer your specific question,  "which government's regulations
do you believe should apply?". Isn't that why we invented multi-lateral
institutions. since in a variety of circumstances we can't--or won't--(for
reasons I think we both agee on) rely on a single government's regulations?

 

M

 

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[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of David Conrad
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [governance] So Who (or What) is Managing Privacy for/by the 1
Billion+

 

Michael,

 

On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:16 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

I made those points in the context of taxation but I think they apply
equally to issues of privacy.

 

I'm not sure there is a generally recognized "right to be taxed" so equating
policies related to taxation to policies related to privacy probably isn't
the best base from which to build.

 

However, ignoring that, my impression of the points you posted was that they
were making the observation that there is  increasing difficulty in trying
to force a global infrastructure square peg into the round hole of parochial
nation-state regulatory regimes.  I don't disagree since this has been
pretty obvious since the collapse of the telecom settlements regime in the
mid-90s. However, nation-states refuse to go away, thus I'm left with the
question that I asked you previously: which government's regulations do you
believe should apply?

 

An alternative could be evidenced by the fact that even without government
intervention, Instagram lost 25% of its active user base as a result of
their attempted change of their terms of service
(http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/rage_against_Dh05rPifiXBIJRE1rCOyML).

 

Regards,

-drc

 

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