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-----Original Message-
From: Meritt James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Burton M. Strauss III; Security-Basics
Subject: Re: Privacy Policy - we don't need
e to deal with it.
David
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Burton M. Strauss III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: "Security-Basics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Privacy Policy - we don't need no 'stinking privacy
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:59:31 -0700 (PDT)
What if so
What do you think has keep James Bond in martini cash all of these
years? Espionage has a long, long history.
Welcome to physical security.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> What if someone breaks into their site and steals your information? Might
> you sue them? I think they, as a business, need to
What if someone breaks into their site and steals your information? Might
you sue them? I think they, as a business, need to cover such
possibilities and so have to state it on their site.
Specifically, you must have missed the following section:
7. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE US
As far as Clause 1 is concerned, there is no way for them to guarantee that someone
hasn't placed a keystroke logger or some trojan on your machine. If your machine isn't
secure, your use of their website isn't confidential.
John
In a message dated 7/25/2003 3:28:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "B
It seems more of a CYA stance in light of section 5 of their Privacy Policy
as well as the recent problems with guess.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/5968 "Guess settles with FTC over
cybersecurity snafu"
> -Original Message-
> From: Burton M. Strauss III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dennis - you may be right that it's probably a CYA. But I think any web
site also needs to be aware of the sensitivity of the data and take
appropriate measures. Which they're explicitly saying they don't. If you
read up on the European data privacy directives - see for example
http://www.cdt.or
