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Most developed countries have an agency dedicated to data protection. The UK has the ICO, Japan has the Personal Information Protection Commission, Canada has
by ig1 9y ago
Most developed countries have an agency dedicated to data protection.
The UK has the ICO, Japan has the Personal Information Protection Commission, Canada has the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Switzerland has the FDPIC, etc.
Their exact role varies from country-to-country but the US is one of the few modern countries to not have a national body dedicated to the field.
- wooter 9y agoI've never found "everybody's doing it" to be compelling.
- ggregoire 9y agoThe CNIL in France, created in 1980.
- walterbell 9y agoFTC in the US.
- e12e 9y agoIndeed. I came across this, which should probably be of interest to readers in the US: https://www.ftc.gov/public-statements/2016/01/two-way-street-us-eu-parallels-under-general-data-protection-regulation https://www.ftc.gov/public-statements/2016/01/two-way-street... However, I seem to recall, that last time I checked (several years ago) there appeared to be very slim data protection in the US. Or rather, somewhat strict rules for the federal government, few or no rules for private business. To the point of federal agencies contracting out databases to firms, so as to dodge legislation...