Loss of Internet Privacy in the EU
<div class="IPBDescription">and specifically Germany</div>Apparently some legislative action is being taken that will severely reduce internet privacy and Google might shut down gmail in Germany as a response (<a href="http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/google_may_close_gmail_germany_over_privacy_concerns.php" target="_blank">here</a>)
I don't have details on the law itself and was wondering what other people here knew. I have heard that this is part of an EU wide directive of sorts.
I don't have details on the law itself and was wondering what other people here knew. I have heard that this is part of an EU wide directive of sorts.
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<b>Earth</b> has always been crazy imo <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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Fix'd.
Didn't google already give in and allow China to use its search engine with some results filtered out? They said they would never do that. I fail to see how this german law is any worse, so they will probably wuss out on it too.
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The China situation consisted of censorship.
The German situation consists of privacy.
2 compleatly different ball games.
BTW, quick note:
This is actualy their enforcement of a new <a href="http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.1/dataretention" target="_blank">European Parliament Law</a>.
I am curious as to why the focus is on Germany, and not all of the EU....
Please don't wuss out Google. Fight the powah!
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They've <i>already</i> wussed out once. That's the point.
Not to mention this wouldn't be wussing out so much as it is taking a stand.
Why do we specifically want google to have 2 years (...apparently shortened to 18 months at some point recently) of search histories?
Or is this the crazy German congressman who wanted to keep track of everything people did on the internet?
I know there's the whole 'some Germans were on the Al Qaida recruitment tape'-thing, but somehow I don't think 'locking down the internet' is going to help much. Then again, this may be completely unrelated, and the congressman was all excited that inacted legislature may be put into effect. Well, I'm not all up on the EU politics, but I did enjoy the CNN station saying "EU parliment close to 'constitution' compromise" and then the German news station essentially saying "we're nowhere close to a compromise".
If this really is a worldwide EU law... I can't see how Norway would ever join the EU. That might be a good thing though <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
C'mon, freedom of speech and Germany? It's got to happen before this thread hits 3 pages.
- Shockwave