Google wants to help define privacy laws

CB Droege 14 Sep, 2007 at 12:19pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 1:29pm GHoosdum It is also crossing a few lines with this one.
   
   I suppose they haven't yet violated their own "do no harm" doctrine, but this is scarily close.
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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 1:47pm Linc The first thing I thought is: They want some clear guidelines so they stop taking hits whenever they "cross lines" that aren't well-articulated.
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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 1:51pm CB Exactly.
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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 2:00pm GHoosdum But I think lowering the bar to only protect privacy when the privacy violation "injures" is a move in the wrong direction.
   
   Besides, how to define harm? I feel that I'm harmed every time Lexis Nexis sells my information to another customer... but would Google define that as harm? Probably not.
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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 2:02pm CB Every time someone learns my real name, it's like a punch to the gut...
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   14 Sep 2007 ~ 2:03pm Shorty

   Keebler wrote: »

   The first thing I thought is: They want some clear guidelines so they stop taking hits whenever they "cross lines" that aren't well-articulated.

   I would suspect this allows them global points not to cross rather than flying across them