EU – Brazil: working together towards a gold standard in privacy protection
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#2Well... this really is something good.
The 'Marco Civil' came in response to law projects ('AI-5-digital' or 'Lei Azeredo') that harm the privacy of Brazilian citizen.
But there are negative features in 'Marco Civil' take too long to be fixed. This all because was approved with haste.
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#3>On data privacy, like in football, we are playing in the same direction; to score a goal and win the Championship for a gold standard in privacy protection! A combined EU-Brazil team can be a winner.
Did that sound any better in French or German?!
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#4This kind of initiative is really great. It's refreshing to see the governments of major powers unite in order to enshrine protections for their citizens.
It really paints a stark contrast with the USA-Russia-China totalitarianesque power bloc, though. Our government in the US is currently weaseling out of net neutrality while strongly pushing for omni-surveillance in addition to the usual drumbeat of anti-liberty measures in the name of security. Here, the message is that you have no privacy from the state, and if you want privacy from the corporate branch of the state, you're probably a criminal.
I really wish we could point to this and shame our politicians into following suit.
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#5>On data privacy, like in football, we are playing in the same direction; to score a goal and win the Championship for a gold standard in privacy protection! A combined EU-Brazil team can be a winner. Did that sound any better in French or German?!
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#6So... aside from the hot air, the only concrete thing I got from that press release was that the EU politicians are so pissed that the EU court struck down their draconian data retention laws that they're going to pass a new one that resolves the technicalities on which the old one was struck down.
And apparently, this is somehow going to bring the EU to "a gold standard in privacy protection". What?
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#7>On data privacy, like in football, we are playing in the same direction; to score a goal and win the Championship for a gold standard in privacy protection! A combined EU-Brazil team can be a winner. Did that sound any better in French or German?!
I read it in Spanish but got stuck at "Goooooooaaaaa
Re: EU – Brazil: working together towards a gold standard in privacy protection
#8This is realpolitik jazz-hands with football thrown in to make light of a topic of grave importance.
Also, of course, any framework set up today to control data tomorrow will tomorrow be turned on its head and used as a legislative basis for expanded intrusive activities.
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#9This kind of initiative is really great. It's refreshing to see the governments of major powers unite in order to enshrine protections for their citizens. It really paints a stark contrast with the USA-Russia-China totalitarianesque power bloc, though. Our government in the US is currently weaseling out of net neutrality while strongly pushing for omni-surveillance in addition to the usual drumbeat of anti-liberty me…
I guess you haven't heard:
"The Five Eyes are cooperating with various 3rd Party countries in at least two groups: The "Nine Eyes", consisting of the Five Eyes plus Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Norway. The "Fourteen Eyes", consisting of the same countries as the Nine Eyes plus Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Sweden.[41] The actual name of this group is SIGINT Seniors Europe (SSEUR) and its purpose is coordinating the exchange of military signals intelligence among its members.[42]
Germany is reportedly interested in moving closer to the inner circle: an internal GCHQ document from 2009 said that the “Germans were a little grumpy at not being invited to join the 9-Eyes group." Germany may even wish to join Five Eyes.[43] Referring to Five Eyes, French President François Hollande has said that his country is "not within that framework and we don't intend to join."[44] According to a former top U.S. official, "Germany joining would be a possibility, but not France – France itself spies on the US far too aggressively for that."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement#9_Eyes.2C_14_Ey...
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#10I wouldn't mind seeing stronger trade relationship between EU and Brazil/South America, too. Hopefully this is the beginning of a great relationship, both united against abuses of countries like US, Russia or China.