[Privsec] Privacy and Human Rights as an Enabler to the Information Society

[Robert Guerra]

Here is a compilation of comments i've received so far.




>Date:         Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:54:47 -0500
>Reply-To: National Privacy Coalition <NPC-L at escher.uottawa.ca>
>From: Robert Ellis Smith <ellis84 at RCN.COM>
>Subject: Re: Privacy and Human Rights as an Enabler to the Information Society
>To: NPC-L at escher.uottawa.ca
>
>Robert Guerra,
>
>This looks fine to me. Thanks for th eopportunity to
>comment.  You may want to add a line:
>
>The right to privacy includes more than safeguarding the
>information. It includes the right for an individual to know
>what data is collected, to inspect it, and to correct it or
>amend it if necessary; it also includes an expectation that
>information will be used only for the purpose for which it
>was gathered, unless the individual gives consent.
>
>Robert Ellis Smith
>
>Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher, Privacy Journal
>PO Box 28577, Providence RI 02908
>ellis84 at rcn.com  401/274-7861    fax 401/274-4747
>http://www.privacyjournal.net


From: Richard Speers <speers.dds at SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject: Re: Privacy and Human Rights as an Enabler to the Information Society
Comments: To: National Privacy Coalition <NPC-L at escher.uottawa.ca>
To: NPC-L at escher.uottawa.ca
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information

does this mean we have lost the right to control the use of data?  It
seems odd that health data is collected to treat the patient, but then
used without any control for many other purposes...most notably
research.  It hardly seems appropriate that commercial research should
be granted such access when the goals of a corporate entity may not mesh
with the expectation of the individual...




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