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Lashiec:
Nevermind their intentions, governements can FORCE information out of them. Which would be fine if all governements in the world were perfect, but they aren't, and even if they were there's no guarantee that they forever will be. If the information is there, it's only waiting to be abused.
-Gothi[c] (May 24, 2007, 06:55 AM)
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Yeah, I forgot about that. They're doing that in China, and people is getting punished because of it. In that case, its corporate ethics really fall short before the money maker such a big country could be.

Carol Haynes:
Nevermind their intentions, governements can FORCE information out of them. Which would be fine if all governements in the world were perfect, but they aren't, and even if they were there's no guarantee that they forever will be. If the information is there, it's only waiting to be abused.
-Gothi[c] (May 24, 2007, 06:55 AM)
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Name one government that comes even close to perfection - currently the US and UK both rank very high under any abuse of privacy criteria.

Political asideMade me laugh the other day - the UK government introduced "freedom of information" with a giant fanfare. Now they have two exceptions:


* Members of Parliament are exempt from the provision (in other words freedom of information is guaranteed except if you want to know what you elected representatives are under question)
* There will be a cost limit of £600 on information availability. That is if the organisation thinks it will cost more than £600 to provide the information they will not be required to do so! Start queueing now for the jobs - highly paid 'information officers' (more than £600 per hour) so that companies can justifiably say we can't provide information!
So much for the democratic process

Lashiec:
What means "they're exempt from the provision"? Does that mean if they asked to provide information about their economical background, they could pass on the question?

Sorry for the political plug, but I can't help it ;D

Carol Haynes:
Apparently if people ask MPs for information under the 'Freedom of Information Act' they can decline !!

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