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So email address is not personally identifiable information even though it was all the spammer needed to identify her? Right. In some parts of the world (e.g.

So email address is not personally identifiable information even though it was all the spammer needed to identify her? Right. In some parts of the world (e.g. Slovenia) personal email is very much considered a personal information and any operator divulging it in such manner would pay a steep fine.

tomp 13y ago
So if I forward your email, I'm committing a crime? There's too much law about the internet... > In some parts of the world (e.g. Slovenia) Slovenia is rather crazy about everything computer-related. A while ago Google was forbidden from collecting Street View data. I really hope that has been reversed by now...
- dingaling 13y ago
  > Slovenia is rather crazy about everything computer-related. A while ago Google was forbidden from collecting Street View data whispers That was Austria.
  - tomp 13y ago
    Slovenia as well - full article (in Slovenian): [1]. In 2010, information commissionaire first rejected Google's request for recording [2], but it was finally approved in 2013 [3]. [1] http://lendavainfo.com/google-street-view-za-slovenijo-je-koncno-delujoc/ http://lendavainfo.com/google-street-view-za-slovenijo-je-ko... [2] https://www.ip-rs.si/varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/iskalnik-po-odlocbah-in-mnenjih/odlocbe-in-mnenja-varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/?tx_jzvopdecisions_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=1943&cHash=40b3fc486d https://www.ip-rs.si/varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/iskalnik-po-od... [3] https://www.ip-rs.si/novice/detajl/snemanje-ulic-za-storitev-google-street-view/?cHash=2113761ece703e0badf20352fa2faa35 https://www.ip-rs.si/novice/detajl/snemanje-ulic-za-storitev...
- samastur 13y ago
  You wouldn't in common cases because as an individual you are not required to care. However if you are an owner of a database containing personal information (where database means collection, not a particular technology), then rules are different. You then are required to collect only what you need for purposes granted by their owners and have to take care of not disseminating it without approval to others. Google wasn't allowed to collect Street View data until they could conform to our privacy laws which mostly meant not making photographed people easily identifiable. This requirement is in no way specific to Slovenia (e.g. I think Germany has the same one) and Google complied which is why you can use street view in Slovenia now. I would not describe our computer-related laws crazy. They are lacking as laws everywhere are and certainly sometimes in uniquely our way. However it is often the enforcement (or lack of) that is the problem, not laws themselves.
- snowwolf 13y ago
  You didn't wonder why the poster mentioned Slovenia specifically? It's a bit of an odd choice for an example. It's like the poster knew something personally identifiable about you.
  - tomp 13y ago
    I'm guessing it's because he's from Slovenia (as well).

tomp 13y ago

So if I forward your email, I'm committing a crime? There's too much law about the internet... > In some parts of the world (e.g. Slovenia) Slovenia is rather crazy about everything computer-related. A while ago Google was forbidden from collecting Street View data. I really hope that has been reversed by now...

dingaling 13y ago
> Slovenia is rather crazy about everything computer-related. A while ago Google was forbidden from collecting Street View data whispers That was Austria.
- tomp 13y ago
  Slovenia as well - full article (in Slovenian): [1]. In 2010, information commissionaire first rejected Google's request for recording [2], but it was finally approved in 2013 [3]. [1] http://lendavainfo.com/google-street-view-za-slovenijo-je-koncno-delujoc/ http://lendavainfo.com/google-street-view-za-slovenijo-je-ko... [2] https://www.ip-rs.si/varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/iskalnik-po-odlocbah-in-mnenjih/odlocbe-in-mnenja-varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/?tx_jzvopdecisions_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=1943&cHash=40b3fc486d https://www.ip-rs.si/varstvo-osebnih-podatkov/iskalnik-po-od... [3] https://www.ip-rs.si/novice/detajl/snemanje-ulic-za-storitev-google-street-view/?cHash=2113761ece703e0badf20352fa2faa35 https://www.ip-rs.si/novice/detajl/snemanje-ulic-za-storitev...
samastur 13y ago
You wouldn't in common cases because as an individual you are not required to care. However if you are an owner of a database containing personal information (where database means collection, not a particular technology), then rules are different. You then are required to collect only what you need for purposes granted by their owners and have to take care of not disseminating it without approval to others. Google wasn't allowed to collect Street View data until they could conform to our privacy laws which mostly meant not making photographed people easily identifiable. This requirement is in no way specific to Slovenia (e.g. I think Germany has the same one) and Google complied which is why you can use street view in Slovenia now. I would not describe our computer-related laws crazy. They are lacking as laws everywhere are and certainly sometimes in uniquely our way. However it is often the enforcement (or lack of) that is the problem, not laws themselves.
snowwolf 13y ago
You didn't wonder why the poster mentioned Slovenia specifically? It's a bit of an odd choice for an example. It's like the poster knew something personally identifiable about you.
- tomp 13y ago
  I'm guessing it's because he's from Slovenia (as well).