"j" == J C DE MARTIN <J.C.> writes:
> Mar 24, 10:15 AM EDT European privacy battle looms for Facebook, > Google > By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press Writer > GENEVA (AP) -- You have been tagged in 12 photos - even if > you're not signed up to the Web site. > European regulators are investigating whether the practice of > posting photos, videos and other information about people on > sites such as Facebook without their consent is a breach of > privacy laws. > The Swiss and German probes go to the heart of a debate that has > gained momentum in Europe amid high-profile privacy cases: To > what extent are social networking platforms responsible for the > content their members upload? > The actions set the stage for a fresh battle between American > Web giants and European authorities a month after an Italian > court held three Google executives criminally responsible for a > user-posted video. > [...] Sull'argomento, segnalo che il Gruppo di Lavoro Articolo 29 (che riunisce tutte le Autorita` per la Protezione dei Dati, dell'Unione Europea, oltre al Garante Europeo per la Protezione dei Dati) ha gia` pubblicato nel 2009 un'Opinione sui Servizi di Rete Sociale (WP163). Queste recenti investigazioni del garante svizzero - che, pur non facendo formalmente parte del WP29, e` ovviamente in costante contatto) e di quello tedesco non dovrebbero dunque giungere come una sorpresa. E` utile leggere l'opinione WP163 insieme all'opinione WP148 dell'Aprile 2008, sui motori di ricerca. P.S.: non sapevo che Eben Moglen fosse anche un esperto di privacy :) Ciao, -- Andrea Glorioso (M: +32-488-409-055 F: +39-051-930-31-133) * Le opinioni espresse in questa mail sono del tutto personali * * The opinions expressed here are absolutely personal * "Constitutions represent the deliberate judgment of the people as to the provisions and restraints which [...] will secure to each citizen the greatest liberty and utmost protection. They are rules proscribed by Philip sober to control Philip drunk." David J. Brewer (1893) An Independent Judiciary as the Salvation of the Nation