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

[Gus Hosein]

Of course Bob makes an incredibly valuable point; that is why he is one of 
the greats in this field.

As for Richard Speers, he makes a valid point too.

In both cases they raise the fact that I did not mention informational 
privacy and its protection through data protection and fair information 
practices.  I always have a hard time summarising DP and FIPS in sexy 
rhetorical language, and yet Bob does a great job, as ever.

At 18:00 23/02/2005, Robert Guerra wrote:
>Here is a compilation of comments i've received so far.
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>>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
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>>Robert Guerra,
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>>This looks fine to me. Thanks for th eopportunity to
>>comment.  You may want to add a line:
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>>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.
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>>Robert Ellis Smith
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>>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
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>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 
>information
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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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>Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>