Rev. Stewart Marshall > Whatever you want to believe. > It has always amazed me that people want privacy but > leave it all hang out (so to speak) In this day of > technology you leave so many digital footprints out > there. Kind of reminds me of the Head of google > getting all bent out of shape when Cnet googled his > info and let everyone know it. <snip>
> In Europe it is never expected to have the kind of > privacy folks think they have here in America. I do > not expect privacy. If I am doing wrong I expect to > be caught. I do not expect anyone to cover my > tracks. (Even if I am paying them, it is not their > job to cover for my criminal activity.) It's my understanding that Europe and the US have privacy policies that are almost exact opposites. In the US, you have laws/policies against warrantless searches, they aren't allowed to aggregate your data. That is, the IRS can't compare your tax return with Social Security Administration records. Business on the other hand doesn't have those same kind of restrictions (see the aforementioned case where cNet got the scoop on the CEO?COO? of Google). In Europe, the government can get any information they want, usually businesses can't share personal data across boundaries. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly A clean, neat, desk is a sign of a sick mind ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
