EXCELLENT POST on Michael Geist’s blog about the cabal of alarmists who would have all Canadians up in arms about the dire state of our internet legislation. If you want to really understand the issues, I don’t see how you could do better than to start here
Monthly Archives: June 2009
The Fine Print…
I usually read those pages that say “this is what we are going to do with your personal information.” And usually they’re pretty dull and boring. I ordered something online recently for an upcoming trip (to Italy, thanks for asking) and here’s what I was told:
A] the personal data you freely furnished will be: 1) used for giving succession to Your application 2) recorded on electronic supports for a possible following reference 3) treated as stated by our privacy regulations; B] the personal data you freely furnished won't be communicated or diffused to third without your written consent; C] to the senses of the art. 7 of the Unique Text on the Privacy, Legislative Decree 30-06-03 ns. 196, you will be able in any moment to consult, to integrate, to modify or to ask to cancel your personal data, or to oppose in everything or partly to their use to the anticipated goals from the precedent point A], forwarding formal application to the address zzz@zzz.zzz
I’m not trying to make fun of this at all. I find these painstaking renderings of foreign legalese into English quite delightful actually, and as long as I can “oppose in everything or partly”, I figure I’m reasonably safe from having my information abused.
Well, it’s taken a while…
But I’ve finally gotten around to getting a blog set up. Of course, I could have used one of those free services, but that would be too easy. So I decided to go with my own WordPress blog that I have complete control over and will get too busy to update or customize to any significant extent, but at least I’ve got options. And setting the whole thing up was, well, too easy.