And this sort of thing is no doubt why the Commissioner is proposing a rethink of the "purely personal or household activity" exempting provision of the Directive:
"A better understanding is needed of what comes within the scope of purely personal or household activity. This is becoming an acute practical problem given private individuals' capacity to process personal data on the internet and to make it widely available to other individuals, for example through social networking services. There are also questions about how far the current exemption that relates to journalism or the purposes of literary or artistic expression can be applied to the activities of private individuals on the internet. There are also significant practical consequences for data protection authorities in terms of the extent to which any new legislative framework may require them to regulate private individuals' online behaviour."
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/notices/response_to_moj_dpframework.pdf
Jonathan Baines
Legal and Democratic Services
Buckinghamshire County Council
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Subject: [data-protection] Does a foetus have a right to privacy?
Think you have got your online privacy sorted? Perhaps you've made sure that your Facebook settings are super-secure, and that only close friends and family can see the photographs you post on the web. Well, just be thankful you are not a baby, because the biggest threat to your online privacy could come from your parents:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/10/are_parents_the_biggest_threat_to.html
Ibrahim Hasan
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