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New Privacy Laws In Asia May Cripple Data-Centric Outsourcing

Posted by timothy on from the death-by-a-thousand-permission-slips dept.

bizwriter writes "Think privacy issues are a pain when they affect consumers? Get ready for the grandfather of all corporate computing headaches. Big privacy-law changes in India and China are about to turn data-processing outsourcing into a hurdle-leaping, paperwork-generating mess."

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  1. What's the problem? by bmo · · Score: 5, Informative

    >A company must get written consent by letter, fax, or email for the collection of data.

    Fucking awesome.

    >People can opt out at a later time and withdraw their consent.

    Fucking awesome

    >There are significant restrictions on disclosing personal data to third parties.

    Fucking awesome.

    >When a person has given consent for the transfer of data, or itâ(TM)s necessary by contract, a company can only send the data to an organization that provides the say level of security as the Indian regulations.
    People have the right to review their data and to correct it.

    Fucking awesome.

    The only people who have a problem with this are the ones who are intent on anally-raping your and my personal information with no reach-around.

    So when do we get this in the States?

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    BMO