Who Owns Your Privacy?
Well, here's a novel concept!...quoted from an article by Kevin J. O'Brien, in the IHT:
"In Europe, data is owned by the person to whom it relates. In the United States, data becomes the property of the company which collects it," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, a London-based lobbying group.
Last month, during the ChoicePoint scandal, where 145,000 people had their personal data stolen by hackers, I was worried I might be one of the many Californians among that number. So far, so good. But, hey, how is it -- and more important, why is it -- that so many people and companies are granted the rights to publish and disseminate our personal details?
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