How do we know that the person who bought the ticket is the person who boarded the airplane? Without an ID check, it would be possible for person A to buy the ticket and person B to board the airplane. A simple ID check prevents this.
You don't. Not even with a "simple ID check."
I'm sure lots of people here have similar stories, but once upon a time during my wild youth, my ID said my name was tuxina (as opposed to tuxette) and the year of birth indicated that I was old enough to buy alcoholic drinks. During a bust of a bar that was serving "minors," a cop looked at my tuxina ID and gave it back to me. So cops, bouncers, barkeeps, etc couldn't tell it was fake. I could have easily travelled on an airplane using that ID.
As an EU country, Estonia will have to not only follow the EU Personal Data Directive but also write and implement data protection legislation with the EU Directive as a minimum basis.
So at least for now, the Estonian government (or whoever else) cannot "just" track anyone in Estonia.
I have several friends here in Norway who were rejected by the military after their first meeting for compulsory service because they were deemed "too intelligent" to be worthy of service;-)
At least in Norway, part of the law involves securing the perosonal data once it comes into the hands of the data controller. So while it may not prevent hackers from trying, it says that the data controller has to establish and maintain the measures required to keep data safe from such attacks.
Take a look at sections 13 and 14. There are also special rules to the law that specifically touch on information security, but I don't have a link in English.
"The protection of personal information stored on our nation's computer systems is critical to public trust in those networks and to the health of our economy," said Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray at a news conference in Washington.
You hear these dumbasses saying it again and again, how important it is to protect personal information, blah, blah, blah. Yet they are reluctant to create laws that protect personal information, as those in Europe.
If the protection of personal information were truly important, data protection laws at the national level would already be in place by now. The reality is that businesses don't feel it's important (unless they get caught in a situation like this one). And they pay lawmakers large sums of money to keep it that way.
Most cell phone providers have limits on the number of text messages a person can send and receive.
Over here (Norway), you can send and receive an unlimited amount of text messages; the only limits are the storage capabilities of the phone and actually getting a subscription that specifically limits the number of text messages you can send out (usually on cell phones used by children where mommy and daddy are footing the bill).
You pay to send text messages, obviously, but you don't have to pay anything to receive them. Though it doesn't make spamming cell phones any less illegal (has been for some time now).
Not necessarily. I know where a lot of Internet cafés are located in Oslo, but I have no idea what they charge. If someone on one of the travel boards I'm on asked me for prices of Internet cafés in Oslo, I'd investigate for them. Other than that, I have no reason to know, and wouldn't be able to help someone who asked me on the street.
I was told by someone who had been in South Korea that Internet cafés there are what bookstores were in the 90s. Pickup/meeting places. Not sure if that's true or not.
Over here in Oslo, I see lots of Internet cafés and they're almost always empty.
...but I have no idea what their prices are as I have ADSL at home and thus have no need for such services. If I had to, I would look up prices for someone or other...
Prices at Internet cafés are perhaps more interesting for tourists than anyone else. Then again, isn't the point of being on holiday to get away from it all, including (and especially?) the computer?
In Norway, the do-not-call lists can apply to charities (as well as businesses) if the person registering chooses such. From my experience in working with handling complaints, charities are often the worst violators.
A lot of these charities that use telemarketers and violate the do-not-call list have later been investigated for and charged with fraud.
Perhaps a little off-topic, but an amusing little story...
Once upon a time when I had a job, one of my duties was registering complaints regarding violations of Norway's version of the do-not-call list. A lot of organization names came up again and again and again. And of course when I contacted these organizations to give them a warning, all I got was arrogance - "we're doing good work blah blah blah, how can a charity afford to buy the updated it's-ok-to-call lists blah blah blah...."
Now over here, we have 2 different "consumer watchdog" shows on TV. Each show "outed" some of the worst violators. One of them was some kind of Bible charity that supposedly collected money for starving children in Eastern Europe, but from what the journalists managed to find out, the money was going towards luxury property for the organization leaders. This was an organization that was probably one of the top three when it came to complaints about violations of the do-not-call list. You can't imagine how happy it made me to see them outed for being fraudsters.
There are also a few other telemarketing companies are also being investigated for fraud; complaints about violations of the do-not-call list have been a motivating factor in this. Mowahaha....
For starters, the US is an apathetic country as a whole when it comes to affecting politics (what was it, under 50% who even bother voting?). Next, as much as I hate to say it, most Americans are daft. All that dumbing down of school curriculum and junk food supersizing and reality TV (a way for people to start accepting loss of privacy?) rots their brains. So when Bush & Co. say that the military playing police is a good thing in order to catch terrorists, people will believe and accept it.
What needs to be done is very active campaigning regarding privacy and civil rights, and why it is so important to preserve these rights and never ever give them up, especially now that there is this "war against terrorism." And it has to be done in a way that the above-mentioned people can understand.
Considering the "problems" between the US and Europe (EU/EEa) regarding the use of personal data, privacy is apparently some freakish, subversive, un-American Euro-trash concept. After all, real Americans have nothing to hide, right?
First the start taking over foreign policy, now law enforcement...?? What's next for the DoD? (Patriotic) education? Will American kiddies have to start going to camp wearing red, white, and blue scarves?
Here's a watered down version of it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/277881.stm
My friends in Italy have a lot more info, but I don't read Italian.
Do they get to go to court? Do they have to take an exam to prove they have read it? Or is the privacy policy there for mere decoration? Looks nice but otherwise meaningless...
Italian judges have also said it's not rape if you take off your tight jeans and let the guy have his way with you sexually, even though the guy has a gun to you telling you he will kill you if you don't take off your jeans.
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One or the other. Not both.
You don't. Not even with a "simple ID check."
I'm sure lots of people here have similar stories, but once upon a time during my wild youth, my ID said my name was tuxina (as opposed to tuxette) and the year of birth indicated that I was old enough to buy alcoholic drinks. During a bust of a bar that was serving "minors," a cop looked at my tuxina ID and gave it back to me. So cops, bouncers, barkeeps, etc couldn't tell it was fake. I could have easily travelled on an airplane using that ID.
Just to add to that, though not as amusing, hummer is the Norwegian word for lobster.
...is do they sell Gummi Bears at the Statue of Liberty concession stands?
So at least for now, the Estonian government (or whoever else) cannot "just" track anyone in Estonia.
I have several friends here in Norway who were rejected by the military after their first meeting for compulsory service because they were deemed "too intelligent" to be worthy of service ;-)
Take a look at sections 13 and 14. There are also special rules to the law that specifically touch on information security, but I don't have a link in English.
You hear these dumbasses saying it again and again, how important it is to protect personal information, blah, blah, blah. Yet they are reluctant to create laws that protect personal information, as those in Europe.
If the protection of personal information were truly important, data protection laws at the national level would already be in place by now. The reality is that businesses don't feel it's important (unless they get caught in a situation like this one). And they pay lawmakers large sums of money to keep it that way.
Over here (Norway), you can send and receive an unlimited amount of text messages; the only limits are the storage capabilities of the phone and actually getting a subscription that specifically limits the number of text messages you can send out (usually on cell phones used by children where mommy and daddy are footing the bill).
You pay to send text messages, obviously, but you don't have to pay anything to receive them. Though it doesn't make spamming cell phones any less illegal (has been for some time now).
Not necessarily. I know where a lot of Internet cafés are located in Oslo, but I have no idea what they charge. If someone on one of the travel boards I'm on asked me for prices of Internet cafés in Oslo, I'd investigate for them. Other than that, I have no reason to know, and wouldn't be able to help someone who asked me on the street.
Over here in Oslo, I see lots of Internet cafés and they're almost always empty.
Prices at Internet cafés are perhaps more interesting for tourists than anyone else. Then again, isn't the point of being on holiday to get away from it all, including (and especially?) the computer?
Who the hell needs to murder someone for their fingerprints when all you need is some gelatin?
A lot of these charities that use telemarketers and violate the do-not-call list have later been investigated for and charged with fraud.
Once upon a time when I had a job, one of my duties was registering complaints regarding violations of Norway's version of the do-not-call list. A lot of organization names came up again and again and again. And of course when I contacted these organizations to give them a warning, all I got was arrogance - "we're doing good work blah blah blah, how can a charity afford to buy the updated it's-ok-to-call lists blah blah blah...."
Now over here, we have 2 different "consumer watchdog" shows on TV. Each show "outed" some of the worst violators. One of them was some kind of Bible charity that supposedly collected money for starving children in Eastern Europe, but from what the journalists managed to find out, the money was going towards luxury property for the organization leaders. This was an organization that was probably one of the top three when it came to complaints about violations of the do-not-call list. You can't imagine how happy it made me to see them outed for being fraudsters.
There are also a few other telemarketing companies are also being investigated for fraud; complaints about violations of the do-not-call list have been a motivating factor in this. Mowahaha....
Who cares about the scanners when the real problem lies in something entirely different?
...and I have plenty to hide.
What needs to be done is very active campaigning regarding privacy and civil rights, and why it is so important to preserve these rights and never ever give them up, especially now that there is this "war against terrorism." And it has to be done in a way that the above-mentioned people can understand.
Considering the "problems" between the US and Europe (EU/EEa) regarding the use of personal data, privacy is apparently some freakish, subversive, un-American Euro-trash concept. After all, real Americans have nothing to hide, right?
First the start taking over foreign policy, now law enforcement...?? What's next for the DoD? (Patriotic) education? Will American kiddies have to start going to camp wearing red, white, and blue scarves?
Bergen is also going over to Linux (article in Norwegian)
Here's a watered down version of it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/277881.stm
My friends in Italy have a lot more info, but I don't read Italian.
You're a troll but I'll bite. She was forced to peel off her pants and have sex or else lose her life. That's rape right there.
Do they get to go to court? Do they have to take an exam to prove they have read it? Or is the privacy policy there for mere decoration? Looks nice but otherwise meaningless...
Italian judges have also said it's not rape if you take off your tight jeans and let the guy have his way with you sexually, even though the guy has a gun to you telling you he will kill you if you don't take off your jeans.