Hi Mark,
At 04:37 06-09-2012, Mark Lizar wrote:
Yes, this is a very interesting point. Do we have the right to
revoke our consent and change our minds?
That right would not be worth much if I cannot afford a good solicitor. :-)
How valid are these contracts? What takes precedence privacy rights
or badly informed contracts based on marginally informed consent?
I'll assume that the contract is valid. Then, what? I am back to
the inevitable choice. What takes precedence is the choices the
person is given through the design. The alternative is to resolve
the above questions. I doubt that they can be resolved easily.
If a company like Google can retroactively combined my data from a
whole bunch of disparate services, utilising 10 years of data
aggregation about me, for the sole purpose of profit, without my
consent. How valid is a Google TOU?
It's a two-way exchange where I am getting a service for free and the
service provider is getting something out of it. I expect that the
service provider has an economic motivation. Questions about the
validity of a terms of use ends up in a legal arena. It can take
years to be resolved. From the above, I'd say that it in unfair bargain.
Do my privacy rights take a back seat because I use google services?
I don't remember clicking an I agree button to make a Google search.
No (see above).
This point, for me at least, brings up many questions I don't have
answers too. For instance, In the context of digital identity
management, (A.K.A. the use of an identifier) is Google's use of my
identifiers, based on this current policy infrastructure
of informed consents, legal? Is informed consent acheived for the
use of my real ID that is now a requirement of Google services?
I don't have the answers too.
For what it is worth, the IETF does not work on digital identity
management. I suggest taking a look at
draft-iab-privacy-considerations-03. Is that document a good start?
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
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