Su Goulding on 16 July 2004 at 13:20 said:-
> I fear not and that the
> policies aren't worth diddly - and there is simply
> insufficient comeback.
Seems an accurate observation regarding the respect given to Principle 1 by
many.
But I suppose different viewpoints will inevitably give rise to differing
levels of respect.
Ian W
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>
> Not an attempt to answer Ian's question, just an observation.
> In my job, I get to deal with a lot of spam. One thing I've
> noticed recently is how many of the linked websites contain
> privacy policies. Whilst these mostly relate to the shipping
> of dubious goods in unmarked brown envelopes, they also cover
> pretty standard privacy statement ground as well. Can these
> spammers really also be asking us to believe they are
> conscientious privacy pioneers? I fear not and that the
> policies aren't worth diddly - and there is simply
> insufficient comeback. The FTC may have penalised Gateway
> Learning (I think?) recently, as a test of its powers maybe,
> but that's just the tip of a really really big iceberg.
> Eeyore-like gloom.
> S
>
> Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Where a web site publishes a privacy policy which does not reflect the
> actual state of affairs,
>
> i.e.
>
> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/privacy-statement-20000612
>
> "Logged information is kept indefinitely as admistrative and research
> material; it is not disclosed outside of W3C host site personnel."
>
> Clearly contains an oversight in that disclosure would take
> place within the
> remit of the host countries legal arrangements. Yet all
> visitors to the
> site may not always be aware of all of those localised legal
> arrangements or
> countries management culture.
>
> If the site were were in Europe, what recourse, if any, would
> be available
> to the ICO should they receive a complaint?
>
> Ian W
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