RE: A reminder that security is not inherently solvable with tech nology

[Paul O'Malley <ompaul () eircom net>]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 19:02, Hagen, Eric wrote:
> The fact is that in the US, an individual would likely be arrested for even
> threatening to release this information.  The problem with the countries
> overseas is that US laws, especially the privacy laws, are virtually
> unenforcable.  While the activity of releasing that information it illegal
> in the US, it is not usually illegal in another country, therefore, even if
> the individual released that information while residing in his native
> country, his actions would be entirely lawfull, and even under extradition
> treaties, the US would have little or no recourse in sequestering that
> information, which is a huge problem.
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> Eric 
Well now there is a slight misunderstanding - in the EU you can get a
very big kick if you are naughty with other peoples data.
It should be noted that moving personal data out of the EU to process it
elsewhere is not legal. 
The US or Switzerland or any other place for that matter is not
considered a safe harbour for data.


Paul


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