Google verzoekt de Globale Normen van de Privacy
De uitvoerende macht met de onderzoeksmotor wil een bespreking over internationale privacynormen beginnen die werken om de privacy van iedereen op Internet te beschermen.
„Deze normen moeten van commerciële werkelijkheid, en overeenkomstig veelvuldig uiteenlopende politieke behoeften duidelijk en sterk, bedachtzaam zijn. Moreover, global privacy standards need to reflect technological realities, taking into account how quickly these realities can change.”
Though Google may grasp the technological realities of privacy better than most, its call for discussions about international privacy standards suggests a naive attitude about the ease with which “divergent political needs” can be brought “in line.” Things which diverge, by definition, don’t line up. Harmonizing privacy rights across U.S., Europe, China, Russia, and the rest of the nations of the world might well be compared to herding cats with a lightning rod during a thunderstorm. It won’t be quick or easy.
And when it comes to dealing with difficult issues like censorship — which is closely related to privacy — Google, like Microsoft and Yahoo, has found it easier to pass the buck to the U.S. government than deal with the issue itself. All three have asked Uncle Sam to treat censorship as a trade barrier, and to press censorious countries to be more open, so they don’t have to.
Perhaps privacy rights will prove easier to establish on a global basis than free speech rights. But more likely, the nations of the world, and the businesses operating therein, will manage, at best, a formal agreement to disagree.
Let the talks begin.
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