On Tue, 4 Jan 2011, Aaron McCaleb wrote:
> Cat has a very good point. I don't know that that prevents LOPSA from
> advocating one thing in one country and something different in another
> country. We could certainly limit ourselves to only advocating policy
> changes that are appropriate for a given country...but that, too, runs
> the risk of spreading LOPSA too thinly.
I'd suggest that it ends up seeming rather contradictory if LOPSA ends up
advocating one position in one country, and something different in another..
... and that definitely doesn't do anything for the organizations image.
> I wonder, though, if Cat's specific example of the handling of PII
> also potentially puts our Code of Ethics in conflict with itself in
> some countries:
>
> ( >>>emphasis added<<<)
> **********************
> ...
> Laws and Policies
>
> * I will educate myself and others on relevant laws, regulations
> and policies regarding the performance of my duties.
> ...
> Ethical Responsibility
> ...
> * I will do my best to make decisions consistent with the safety,
>>>> privacy<<<, and well-being of my community and the public, and
>>>> to disclose promptly factors that might pose unexamined risks or
> dangers.<<<
> ***********************
Howso? I'm missing the contradiction that you're seeing.
There's clearly a balancing act between privacy and disclosure -- but
there's a vast difference between:
"We have a risk that is disclosing credit card numbers etc..."
and:
"John Doe of 123 Main Street, Sunnydale has a credit card number..."
I'd expect that the ethical sysadmin would disclose the risk (maybe not
to the entire world, depending on the scope of the risk, and how they
handle responsible disclosure/incident management, and local law) -- but
not the associated private information[0].
cheers!
[0] It may be that you're thinking of situations where the standard
response is "Do you have a search warrant"... but again, there are
standard reasonable responses to such things...
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