Comments on: It’s Not Only Government Working Through Privacy Issues… (Google Version) http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/09/17/its-not-only-government-working-through-privacy-issues-google-version/ What's going to go wrong in our e-enabled world? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: wendyg http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/09/17/its-not-only-government-working-through-privacy-issues-google-version/#comment-2710 wendyg Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/09/17/its-not-only-government-working-through-privacy-issues-google-version/#comment-2710 It may be relevant that Privacy International has been pressuring Google and other major Web companies for a summit to agree on privacy standards; I believe many of the interested parties are likely to meet at the <a href="http://www.privacyconference2007.gc.ca/Terra_Incognita_home_E.html" rel="nofollow">privacy commissioners' conference in Montreal next week</a> (I've been invited to the conference and offered accommodation, but am a bit reluctant to spend the airfare unless someone really wants me to go collect the content - so far, no takers). It could be that PI's pressure is having some effect. wg It may be relevant that Privacy International has been pressuring Google and other major Web companies for a summit to agree on privacy standards; I believe many of the interested parties are likely to meet at the privacy commissioners’ conference in Montreal next week (I’ve been invited to the conference and offered accommodation, but am a bit reluctant to spend the airfare unless someone really wants me to go collect the content - so far, no takers). It could be that PI’s pressure is having some effect.

wg

]]> By: Ian Brown http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/09/17/its-not-only-government-working-through-privacy-issues-google-version/#comment-2687 Ian Brown Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:18:08 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/09/17/its-not-only-government-working-through-privacy-issues-google-version/#comment-2687 Quite. Google's not-so-subtle-aim seems to be to weaken EU laws towards the APEC model. Quite. Google’s not-so-subtle-aim seems to be to weaken EU laws towards the APEC model.

]]>