Comments on: Wiki-counter-terrorism & Social Surveillance

By: SmokeEate

SmokeEate — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:28:59 +0000

I am not going to be original this time, so all I am going to say that your blog rocks, sad that I don’t have suck a writing skills

By: ultrasound technician

ultrasound technician — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:16:37 +0000

Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!

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By: kbone

kbone — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:38:06 +0000

I read about it some days ago in another blog and the main things that you mention here are very similar

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:57:54 +0000

Thanks so much, Mark, for following the blog, your kind words, and your offer to expand on your initial thoughts.

I would really love to hear your perspective on how the Google-Italy ruling violated EU privacy laws, as I have no knowledge of what they entail. I think, however, most readers are familiar with how such a ruling runs counter to American Constitutional principles — i.e., the 1st Amendment.

If possible, I would also really appreciate it if you could share some insight into how internet content hosted in other countries is considered in European courts.

Thanks again, Mark, and I’m looking forward to reading your explanation!

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:51:59 +0000

Repatriate, thanks for the comment, and for following the blog.

I had no idea that Europe had no universal credit rating system; that’s extremely interesting. Are individuals responsible, then, for relating their financial history to a relevant party every time they make a large purchase — e.g., a home, a car, something really expensive? I imagine this must either be a logistical nightmare, and/or open a whole area within the financial services industry devoted to documenting people’s credit. It seems as though this would be inefficient; perhaps I’m stating the obvious. I really don’t know much about this, and would love to hear more.

Thanks again, Repatriate, and I hope to hear back from you.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:34 +0000

Mindful insight and excellent comments. Just one thing. I am a privacy attorney practicing in both the US and Italy, and tell you that in my view the Google decision is wrong, as to elicit fundamental constitutional concerns, EVEN in the Italian legal system and from the EU privacy laws viewpoint. ready to expand should anyone be interested.
Mark

By: Repatriate

Repatriate — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:50:18 +0000

Having lived for 23 years in France, I can attest to the difference. Much of it actually comes from the role played by the credit rating industry, which does not exist in Europe. Financial institutions much make their own risk assessments and cannot rely on third party entities. This means that “identity theft” is marginal in Europe compared to what we see in the U.S. Also from a liability perspective, if an entity collects data about a person it must get a signed release from the interested party before handing it over to another entity. Failing that, the collecting entity carries liability for any misuse of data further down the line.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:36:13 +0000

DIMA, thanks again for following the blog and sharing your thoughts. Thanks, too, for the kind words on the post.

It’s actually pretty interesting how different European and American ideologies are, in terms of the different policies they create that regulate media, despite how many values are shared among different nations in Western society. For me, how the dichotomy plays out is strange, especially considering how liberal European media is with publishing nude photographs (and similarly lascivious content) in mass media.

I, too, shared your surprise about how that photograph of Dumas was considered. But, times were different then, and how people perceived sexuality was particularly prude. I, for one, was surprised about Dumas’ purported hyper-sexuality, though I suppose it should come as no shock that the writer of The Man in the Iron Mask had salacious inclinations. :)

Separately, I apologize for the wrongly labeled comments on the post; it’s a kink (no reference to Dumas intended) that I have yet to work out.