Comments on: New Privacy Rankings http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/new_privacy_ran.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:20:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Orin Kerr http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/new_privacy_ran.html/comment-page-1#comment-50890 Orin Kerr Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:31:05 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/01/new-privacy-rankings.html#comment-50890 The reasons for why the U.S. did poorly seem rather bizarre to me. If I'm not mistaken, one of the big ones is that according to Privacy International, "There is no right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution." The reasons for why the U.S. did poorly seem rather bizarre to me. If I’m not mistaken, one of the big ones is that according to Privacy International, “There is no right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution.”

]]> By: Deven http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/new_privacy_ran.html/comment-page-1#comment-50889 Deven Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:59:35 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/01/new-privacy-rankings.html#comment-50889 Thanks guys. Good points. Still the detailed listing of privacy-related laws and practices for the countries is a good idea. The resulting map may indicate that the listings could be suspect of course. Nonetheless having a starting point for so many areas that touch on privacy can help. If anyone digs into the method more please speak up as such an effort could lead to other ways to analyze a country's approach to privacy. Thanks guys. Good points. Still the detailed listing of privacy-related laws and practices for the countries is a good idea. The resulting map may indicate that the listings could be suspect of course. Nonetheless having a starting point for so many areas that touch on privacy can help. If anyone digs into the method more please speak up as such an effort could lead to other ways to analyze a country’s approach to privacy.

]]> By: Maryland Conservatarian http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/new_privacy_ran.html/comment-page-1#comment-50888 Maryland Conservatarian Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:40:14 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/01/new-privacy-rankings.html#comment-50888 "... but this sort of map makes me pretty suspiscious that the approach is more than a bit ideologically charged." ..an apt understatement. Gotta wonder about a group of so-called privacy gurus that can't even hazard a guess as to privacy rights in Cuba. “… but this sort of map makes me pretty suspiscious that the approach is more than a bit ideologically charged.”

..an apt understatement. Gotta wonder about a group of so-called privacy gurus that can’t even hazard a guess as to privacy rights in Cuba.

]]> By: Matt http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/01/new_privacy_ran.html/comment-page-1#comment-50887 Matt Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:12:24 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/01/new-privacy-rankings.html#comment-50887 Might we not wonder if the standards used are really the right ones (that is, the ones we should care about) when apparently _no_ country is at the top level and only Greece (!?) comes close? I'm certainly in favor of strong privacy standards in some areas of life and think there has been a lot of back-sliding, but this sort of map makes me pretty suspiscious that the approach is more than a bit ideologically charged. Might we not wonder if the standards used are really the right ones (that is, the ones we should care about) when apparently _no_ country is at the top level and only Greece (!?) comes close? I’m certainly in favor of strong privacy standards in some areas of life and think there has been a lot of back-sliding, but this sort of map makes me pretty suspiscious that the approach is more than a bit ideologically charged.

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