Re: Fingerprint identification.
Darryl,
No offense was meant by my first paragraph... it sounded so much better
in my head than it looked written down. I was implying that we'd been
quite argumentative up till then but we in fact have a lot we agree on.
I will say though that you do seem to be against the technology because
it could be abused rather than supportive of its use even though the
legal control environment is not YET up to scratch. However, I am
equally wary about my personal data. I just hadn't put as much thought
into the reasons why i might be concerned, for that clarity in your
message i am grateful.
The photgraphy quote is brilliant by the way, as it does contain that
magical statement that you alude to "The right of publicity provides
that an individual has the right to control the commercial use of their
name, likeness or identity."
What a simple but effective statement. Plus that point on aggregating
data is very well understood in the UK where data collectors have to
cleary define the reason for collection and what their intentions are
for the data they hold.
To be honest, I wonder if there is anyone really fighting in a
coordinated way for the rights of the individual to be GLOBALLY
protected from information abuse. We have a great twist in the UK with
the introduction of offshore call-centers that hold our personal data
in (for instance) India and will then call us up with unsolicited sales
calls. They can not be controlled as UK companies can as they are
off-shore even though they may be owned and maintained by UK companies.
Perhaps other member so fthis forum would be interested in beginning to
formulate a more complete approach to personal data protection that we
could use to lobby our governments and councils to be more protective
with our private and personal data.
Any other thoughts?
Rob.
Darryl,
No offense was meant by my first paragraph... it sounded so much better
in my head than it looked written down. I was implying that we'd been
quite argumentative up till then but we in fact have a lot we agree on.
I will say though that you do seem to be against the technology because
it could be abused rather than supportive of its use even though the
legal control environment is not YET up to scratch. However, I am
equally wary about my personal data. I just hadn't put as much thought
into the reasons why i might be concerned, for that clarity in your
message i am grateful.
The photgraphy quote is brilliant by the way, as it does contain that
magical statement that you alude to "The right of publicity provides
that an individual has the right to control the commercial use of their
name, likeness or identity."
What a simple but effective statement. Plus that point on aggregating
data is very well understood in the UK where data collectors have to
cleary define the reason for collection and what their intentions are
for the data they hold.
To be honest, I wonder if there is anyone really fighting in a
coordinated way for the rights of the individual to be GLOBALLY
protected from information abuse. We have a great twist in the UK with
the introduction of offshore call-centers that hold our personal data
in (for instance) India and will then call us up with unsolicited sales
calls. They can not be controlled as UK companies can as they are
off-shore even though they may be owned and maintained by UK companies.
Perhaps other member so fthis forum would be interested in beginning to
formulate a more complete approach to personal data protection that we
could use to lobby our governments and councils to be more protective
with our private and personal data.
Any other thoughts?
Rob.
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