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From:
Steven Clift
Date:
2007 Oct 02 01:06 UTC
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Are you suggesting that it is illegal for someone hosting a group to let
be known that by joining a group on their site that there name would be
listed?
In the UK, Newham for example folks said only collect public information
because if we collect private information or promise that certain
information is private than as a host your liabilities increase. I can
understand creating strong privacy options, but to cripple openness
options and essentially require customized GS to have full member lists
is a mark against take-up. This is in particular the case if you
compare the tool to other e-mail group tools with a full range of
openness and privacy options for all. I'd rather see GS be competitive.
Steve
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> Steve, this is the wrong place to discuss the specific implementation of a
site. This group is for discussing the generic implementation of GroupServer,
which may be altered according to particular (and understandable) needs of a
site.
>
> In the default configuration of GroupServer, users have control of their own
privacy, not the administrators. The user consents to exposing information,
rather than having an administrator arbitrarily exposing the user's data, such
as group membership. There are two reasons for this.
>
> First, in countries in the OECD, other than the United States of America, the
more private stance is required by law.
>
http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_34255_1815186_1_1_1_1,00.html
> http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/RightsAndResponsibilities/DG_10028507
>
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=bill&doc=C-6&parl=36&ses=2&language=E&File=41#7
> http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/ipps.html
>
http://www.privacy.org.nz/library/fact-sheet-no-2-information-privacy-principles
> There is no reason that the default GroupServer behaviour could not be
changed in countries that do not follow the OECD recommendations.
>
> Second, GroupServer sites send out massive amounts of email, as do spam
implementations. We want to make GroupServer pure, whiter than white, beyond
reproach — to distinguish it from the systems run by nefarious organisations.