[pp.int.general] The EU to enforce digital privacy againt facebook/linkedIn/etc.?

[Sven Clement]

Knowing Reding this is much more of a populist statement than a real
promise, never forget that she is member of the European People Party which
is more of a surveillance party than a party respecting your rights.
Furthermore is she member of the luxembourgish CSV whose "ministre de
l'intérieur" installed cameras and who when asked if he did the evaluation
requested by the law denied and said: "Because security is a fundamental
right, we do not need to justify it!"

So what do you really expect from her?

Still we have to welcome her approaches to regulate the telco market in
Europe where she was responsible for major reductions in roaming costs!

Sven Clement
Chairman, Pirateparty Luxembourg


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Rackham <denis.germain at partipirate.org>wrote:

>
> Le 30 janv. 2010 à 22:55, Valentin Villenave a écrit :
>
> > """
> > In a statement, Reding warned of the uncertainty -- both for consumers
> > and businesses -- that will come as technology falls out of sync with
> > the EU's legal framework.
> > "EU rules are there to protect everyone's personal data," Reding said.
> > "EU rules should allow everyone to realize their right to know when
> > their personal data can be lawfully processed, in any area of life,
> > whether boarding a plane, opening a bank account or surfing the
> > Internet, and to say no to it whenever they want."
> > Reding's announcement comes at a time of heightened awareness over
> > Internet privacy matters among officials and lawmakers in several
> > countries, including the United States.
> > "
>
> Given the EU record on the handling of personal data on boarding planes to
> the USA, there must be some kind of joke.
>
> (Data is to be handled free to the US authorities with little to no
> provision. Once in the ether, always in the ether…)
>
> Denis Germain
> partipirate.org board of directors - Île-de-France coordinator
> Signatures are so passé…
>
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