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EU Privacy Chief Says ACTA Violates European Law

Posted by kdawson on from the ain't-nobody's-business-if-i-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, has issued a 20-page opinion expressing concern about ACTA (PDF). Michael Geist's summary of the opinion notes that it concludes that the prospect of a three-strikes and you're out system may violate European privacy law, that the possibility of cross-border enforcement raises serious privacy issues, and that ACTA transparency is needed now."

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  1. Re:I Think I Know Why They Left Him Out by halcyon1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    His title sounds like he should have been invited to these proceedings but I think I can decipher why he wasn't invited ...

    His title? "Data Protection Supervisor"? Give me a break. Unless you're a Czar, you aren't qualified to weigh in on these things.

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  2. dude has got it all wrong... by sxpert · · Score: 5, Funny

    the title should read "European Law violates ACTA"
    subtitled "The law must be changed"

  3. Re:I Think I Know Why They Left Him Out by M-RES · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could care less about what the majority wants.

    You COULD? Personally I COULDN'T care less... I wonder why you care so much about the majority? ;p

  4. Something is wrong here... by Requiem18th · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wasn't the minister of privacy supposed to spy on you?

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