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

[karen banks]

thanks robert

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

i don't think we'll be able to get comments into the statement for this 
morning.. as it had to be translated into arabic last night.. but we can 
include these texts in any future work with the WGIG

i'm pretty sure this will be the first Civil society intervention in arabic ;)

karen

>>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
>X-uottawa.ca-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more 
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>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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