Wholesale Privacy

Issue/Topic: What Does ‘Protect Your Privacy’ Mean? In Government – Industry – Retail vs Wholesale Privacy (T3C)

Conference: IIW-East September 9-10, 2010 in Washington DC Complete Set of Notes

Convener: Aaron Titus

Notes-taker(s): Aaron Titus

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The meeting was relatively short because we were outside in the sun. The question, “What does ‘we will do [something] in a manner that protects your privacy’” has no universal answer, except that the enterprise writing the privacy policy will reserve all available rights for themselves. In the United States, this means that privacy policies can become little more than a placebo, and give users a false sense of security.