Re: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Demographics Workshop

Paul Burchard ([email protected])
Fri, 1 Dec 95 20:54:51 -0500


Rohit Khare <[email protected]> writes:
>
> WORKSHOP ON INTERNET SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND WEB DEMOGRAPHICS

> 5. Are ethical issues raised by this activity, and what might be
> needed to protect individual rights?

I hope this workshop will also include informed discussion of the
international _legal_ issues surrounding privacy. It's no longer
merely a matter of personal ethics, since some governments have
begun to codify strong privacy rights. For example, see the EC
policy at:

http://cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/privacy_international/international_laws/ec_data_protection_directive_1995.txt

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