Re: Data Privacy Laws
According to the Registrar's office, anyone who is processing personal information, even as little as names and addresses received over the Internet, could find themselves facing an unlimited fine in the higher courts if they do not register with the Data Protection Registrar.
This is well known to most of us. Still, we periodically get "privacy advocates" here on this list singing the praises of the various European "data privacy laws" and urging other nations to adopt the same sorts of laws.
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.
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