[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] [WHOIS-WG] EU Data Protection - Legislative Agenda

Fri Jan 27 20:45:25 UTC 2012

On 1/27/12, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Hope you are having an excellent new year! I was very excited to be alerted
> by Carlton Samuels on proposed reforms by the European Commission. Thank
> you Fatima for the subsequent links sent.
>
> The preliminary public surveys, fact sheets are quite interesting. . This
> is interesting in lights of the recent reported items about Twitter and
> changing Google Policies.
>
> I also find it interesting that options are not given to consumers etc
> especially where you have players over the net who have "significant market
> power". For example, for a gmail user with the policy revisions, there is
> no such thing as consultation, it's merely arbitrary revision and with no
> options not to accept the revisions etc.

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2012/01/setting-record-straight-about-our.html

So, here’s the real story:

   * You still have choice and control. You don’t need to log in to
use many of our services, including Search, Maps and YouTube. If you
are logged in, you can still edit or turn off your Search history,
switch Gmail chat to “off the record,” control the way Google tailors
ads to your interests, use Incognito mode on Chrome, or use any of the
other privacy tools we offer.
   * We’re not collecting more data about you. Our new policy simply
makes it clear that we use data to refine and improve your experience
on Google — whichever products or services you use. This is something
we have already been doing for a long time.
   * We’re making things simpler and we’re trying to be upfront about
it. Period.
   * You can use as much or as little of Google as you want. For
example, you can have a Google Account and choose to use Gmail, but
not use Google+. Or you could keep your data separate with different
accounts -- for example, one for YouTube and another for Gmail.

Whether this is acceptable or not
> is another discussion for another time.
>
> I find that these proposed reforms like all reforms help shape the
> evolution of the Internet as we know it. I think competition law will also
> evolve into looking into regulating competition on the internet. What is
> "significant market  power" over the internet, should it be treated within
> defined national boundaries or would it need an International Commission
> established by a Treaty to have the jurisdiction to look into these.
>
> At least in Europe, there is a regional intergovernmental initiative to
> harmonise the effect of laws through the proposed reforms where consumers
> interests will  no doubt be protected where players on the net who have
> generally "unchecked" power will be exposed to consistent legal approaches
> accross multiple jurisdictions.
>
> Have a great day everyone.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Carlton Samuels
> <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Much thanks to Fatima for sharing these.
>>
>> Both documents undoubtedly very good additions to the thread.
>>
>> Best,
>> - Carlton
>>
>> ==============================
>> Carlton A Samuels
>> Mobile: 876-818-1799
>> *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround*
>> =============================
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Fatima Cambronero <
>> fatimacambronero at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Carlton,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this. I complete with the two proposals about Personal
>>> Data Protection from the European Parliament.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Proposal for a *DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
>>> on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of
>>> personal
>>> data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention,
>>> investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the
>>> execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data*
>>>
>>>
>>> http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_10_en.pdf
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> Proposal for a *REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL*
>>> *on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of
>>> personal data and on* *the free movement of such data (General Data
>>> Protection Regulation)*
>>>
>>>
>>> http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11_en.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Fatima
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/1/27 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>>  The EU has finally issued its proposed legislative package for reform
>>>> of EU
>>>> data protection laws and regulations.
>>>>
>>>> This is important to digest since much of the arguments concerning
>>>> privacy
>>>> and WHOIS data usage resonates here and impinges on the global internet
>>>> user and the At-Large remit in ICANN.
>>>>
>>>> http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/data-protection/news/120125_en.htm
>>>>
>>>> - Carlton
>>>>
>>>> ==============================
>>>> Carlton A Samuels
>>>> Mobile: 876-818-1799
>>>> *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround*
>>>> =============================
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>>>
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