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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:13:10 +0100, Jeff Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Esther and all,
>
> Well you and the ICANN Interim Board have some audacity to be making this
>sort of statement!! Your own Accreditation Policy seeks to remove
>any privacy that now exists. Hence I as do many others, find your
>policy statements and posts such as this yet again disjointed and
>disingenuous. Shame on you Esther!
>
> Brian, do you want or would you chime in on this!
>
>Esther Dyson wrote:
>
>> Please note that some people (me included) consider the EU data directive to
>> be unnecessarily rigid and to represent government regulation in an area
>> where individuals should be allowed to make their own choices. The US
>> approach requires better citizen education than now exists, to be sure, but
>> things are improving as more and more Websites start posting their privacy
>> policies and taking them seriously.
>>
>> Esther Dyson
>>
>> At 12:27 PM 21/04/99 -0700, Bill Lovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >At 03:06 PM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>COMPUTERGRAM INTERNATIONAL: APRIL 21 1999
>> >>
>> >>The GIP reiterated its opposition to privacy legislation but
>> >>said that laws would probably needed in the area of internet
>> >>taxation, which is a fairly non-controversial statement.
>> >
>> >Most of you are aware of the conflict between the EU and US
>> >positions on privacy. The GIP, as a promoter of e-commerce,
>> >would be expected to come down on the US side. The consumer
>> >and casual shopper, however, does not at present seem to be
>> >represented in the debate except as to the EU principles. Those
>> >who have real privacy concerns might consider advancing the
>> >EU principles within the US community. Of course, how much
>> >intrusion into personal privacy (collecting and exploiting personal
>> >data) will be permitted in the P3P mentioned below is not yet
>> >known, and it may be a viable alternative.
>> >
>> >It
>> >>will be actively promoting the Platform for Privacy Preferences
>> >>(P3P) as a privacy tool once it has been through the mill at
>> >>the W3C and is working on a paper with MIT on personal data
>> >>privacy. The GIP intends to remodel its web site to become an
>> >>"internet policy portal."
>> >>http://www.gip.org
>> >
>> >Bill Lovell
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
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>
>Regards,
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