Re: Data Privacy Laws

17 Dec 2003

      -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

In <19970430143414.10988.qmail@nym.alias.net>, on 04/30/97 at 02:34 PM,
   Hodge Podge <hodgepodge@nym.alias.net> said:
...
Ulf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= (3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:
...
...
It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany
(equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to
advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards,
pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws.
...
But according to alt.security.pgp (4/28/97):
...
BONN, Germany (Reuter) -- A German cabinet minister called Monday for
increased efforts to fight crime on the Internet and demanded that
cyber-sheriffs have keys to unlock coded messages.
Interior Minister Manfred Kanther told a conference ....."The technical
and organizational competence of agencies charged with fighting computer
crime must be strengthened." 
"The criminals are hiding in the anonymity of the networks, wiping their
electronic tracks." Kanther said.
...
So clearly the government disagrees.
Actually they probably do not dissagree. I am sure that the German
Government will come to agreement that "anonymity" only means anonymity
from civilians not anonymity from government. I am sure that the "Data
Privacy Commissioners" & the Interior Dept. will be in agrement solong as
everything is properly GAKed. :(

- -- 
- -----------------------------------------------------------
William H. Geiger III  http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii
Geiger Consulting    Cooking With Warp 4.0

Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice
PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail.

Finger whgiii@amaranth.com for PGP Key and other info
- -----------------------------------------------------------

Tag-O-Matic: I don't do Windows, but OS/2 does.