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  1. Re:they could agree to send by non-CD on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 1

    Excepts thats not how DP laws work. Sorry, your righteous indignation is nothing compared to being able to verify data held by other companies that are about you

  2. Re:Wrong, by an order of magnitude or several on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 1

    Yep, the DPA (UK) and EDD implementations elsewhere allow you the right to correct any inaccurate data held about you

  3. Re:FLAT TAX on Tax Loopholes No Longer Patentable · · Score: 1

    It depends on how much / how long they can clean for. If its 15 minutes a day before exhaustion (etc) sets in and they cant do anything more that day then it shouldnt affect disability claims

  4. Re:It's already being done on OnStar Terms and Conditions Update Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Its why we have the Direct Debit g'tee system in the UK: if they clean your account out, both your bank AND the company have to make good, on absolutely everything they have stuffed up.

  5. Re:My coupon! on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 1

    You know you WERE wronged - your details were stolen.

    You are attempting to discover fault, and the only (real) way to to do that is through discovery of evidence.

    Apparently you dont have the first clue about the legal system.

  6. Re:so let me get this right... on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 1

    Any attempt at a EULA *after* purchase is, by definition, unconscionable and unfair, and so falls fould of the unfair contract terms act. So click through EULAs on e.g. shop bought software would seem to fal linto that.

    Less murky would be this type of EULA, which is part of an optional service.

  7. Re:Solving this problem on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1

    This would be the same US which has unprotected speech, yes?

  8. Re:Opensource and open standards are different thi on UK: Open Standards Must Be Restriction Free · · Score: 1

    Judges do.

  9. Re:"Minimalistic Design" on German Court Upholds Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab · · Score: 1

    You can patent a rounded rectangle? Wheres the innovation in that?

    You can patent a design which has clear prior art? No innovation there, by definition

  10. Re:Uninformed perspective actually ... on Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters · · Score: 2

    The massive overreaction and power grab afterwards probably wasnt his idea either.

  11. Re:It's for signatures on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Why are you sending a document any differently over emai lthan you are over Fax?

    If it takes minutes to send via fax, the same or better quality doc will take seconds on email. On the internet connection youre already paying for.

    Finally: UK and EU have accepted electronic signatures for a *long* time now. Its the only sensible way forward.

  12. Re:It's convenience and security. on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    What, a jpg or PDF is a "difficult" format?

    I'd take that over crappy low resolution b&w fax any day.

  13. Re:It's convenience and security. on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Buy MFDs, they do this.

  14. Re:It's convenience and security. on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Good job it is in the UK. Dnot worry, you'll catch up with civilised countries soon.

  15. Re:Do your part! Snail-mail your comments! on USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age · · Score: 1

    Exact opposite of the UK.

  16. Re:What if it were you? on Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany · · Score: 1

    2004 /= 1990s

  17. Re:Counter claim: 3, 2, 1 on Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany · · Score: 1

    Germany /= numerous courts OR around the world.

  18. Re:Doesn't make sense on Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany · · Score: 1

    2004 is not mid 90s.

  19. Re:Doesn't make sense on Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany · · Score: 1

    The design patent is from 2004. NOt really the "mid 90s"

  20. Re:It just shows how stupid the patent law is. on Samsung Halts Galaxy Tablet Promotion In Germany · · Score: 2

    What, a curved black rectangle?

    That isnt "design"

  21. Re:Nice to see this. on Heise's 'Two Clicks For More Privacy' vs. Facebook · · Score: 1

    It is also a requirement of new directives that force EXPLICIT consent from users.

  22. Re:don't people already do this? on Heise's 'Two Clicks For More Privacy' vs. Facebook · · Score: 1

    That is implicit consent, and is insufficient in the EU

  23. Re:Why accountable at all on Court Renders $3 Judgment Against Spamhaus · · Score: 1

    Businesses have no such protection under DP laws

  24. Re:Public safety should be the priority on EPIC Files For Rehearing In Body Scanner Case · · Score: 1

    Burn a hole in the fuselage?

  25. Re:Caveat Emptor on Publicly Shaming Laptop Thieves Catches Bystanders in the Crossfire · · Score: 1

    ..from a student at a school for kids who steal stuff?

    Nothing, as a reasonable person would conclude it has a high likelihood of being stolen.