3 ms·
Maybe this is overly pedantic, but you can do whatever you want with people's data, so long as you inform them of your policies and they agree to them.
by portman 16y ago
Maybe this is overly pedantic, but you can do whatever you want with people's data, so long as you inform them of your policies and they agree to them.
- heyitsnick 16y agoI doubt that's true, at least in the UK. Terms and conditions cannot trump your personal rights. We have these terms laid out in the Data Protection Act and I doubt you can sign this away be agreeing to a website policy that contradicts them.
- albertzeyer 16y agoSame Thing in Germany. The Law always has priority over whatever you write.
- portman 16y agoI just read the 1998 Data Protection Act, and it is very similar to dozens of laws that govern data privacy in the US. There are 8 specific directives in the law. #1-6 are about consent, #7 is about security, and #8 is about correcting inaccuracies. So again, if a website owner clearly informs the end-user about their policies, and the end-user agrees then, the website owner is in compliance with law. The specific example that motivated my point -- "you can't keep people's data around forever" -- is simply not true in the US or in the UK (if the '98 DPA is the only applicable law; there may be others I'm not aware of).