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Copying California Law Isn't Enough to Stop the Next ChoicePoint | 24 comments (24 topical) | Post A Comment
Get the laws in place first[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Tue Feb 22, 2005 at 01:49:10 AM PDT

I Denmark we have had laws on electronic registers containing personal information since the early sixties. We have never had any severe problems with personal information being sold, leaked, cross-referenced etc.. And yes, those laws also hold for government institutions.

So it is perfectly possible to have privacy even though every citizen has a personal ID-number (CPR = Central Person Register) and corresponding records in government databases and lots of other places.

In fact, it is illegal to create a database with personal information without a permit. So I guess my Outlook addressbook is a bit on the shady side :-)

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