You broke the Law!
By Riptide
@Riptide (2755)
United States
June 19, 2007 6:50pm CST
Ok, now that I have your attention, let me ask you something. Do you sometiimes forget that the Internet is worldwide? I know it is pretty easy to forget sometimes that the people we deal with online come from all over the world.
So, do you know the laws for all respective countries? Most likely not, so you go by whatever laws apply in your country.
Did you know for example that Europe has a privacy law? Unlike the USA for example, you can't disclose a persons adress, name and phone number publicly.
You will never find a persons name in a newspaper for example, if they had an acident or got arrested for something stupid. In the USA however you will.
My point is, I think everybody should familiarize themselves with privacy laws in different countries, before they publish peoples names and adresses, which is morally wrong anyway.
Europeans take their privacy law very serious and anybody caught breaking that, regardless where they are, can get in big trouble.
I just thought I enlighten everybody a bit about that :)
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7 responses
@devilsangel (1817)
• United States
20 Jun 07
wow, well that makes a lot of sense actually. I think the US should be more like that. I know that most websites tell you not to post your personal information on there but I see it happen all the time. What worries me the most are these young kids who log on and end up the victim of some crazy pervert because they posted their personal information. Most of the sites that I am a member of I keep my information private. There are a select few sites that I do have my personal information up on there but it is only available to people that I allow to view it. I know if someone posted any of my private information without my permission law or not there will be hell to pay.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I am glad you posted this Riptide, as lately there seems to some of that going on here by myLot users.
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@brothertuck (1257)
• United States
20 Jun 07
One of the differences between the US and Europe is that Europe has the privacy laws, and US has the freedoms guarenteed by the Bill of Rights. The US even goes so far as having the Freedom of Information Act. With this act you can get almost any information that is available from the governments of the US, it's states and localities.
Most people who came to the US came for the Freedoms offered. When these freedoms are restricted or questioned it is a major thing. They even have the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU will fight for your freedom even for those groups they may not particularly like. A few years ago, the American Nazi Party tried to have a march on one occassion and were denied it, the ACLU came in with lawyers to fight that their rights were denied.
Between privacy and security, the US is trying to come up with an acceptable medium. Too much privacy and we are isolated and not free, too much security we are restricted and again not free. It's the way we have been taught and live our lives here.
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@steve9737 (918)
• Colombia
20 Jun 07
you are a clown!, ok, I am joking, but I think we need to be careful when we talk with people from china or some countries like that because they would go to jail if they are caught talking about some topic, once I was chatting with a Chinese and some of them that work for the government Chinese told me that stop to show link to web sites, I think Europa is good place for spammers and people like that because they would be protect for that laws, and I am thinking if they can put name in the news, I am wonder to think how they can make new about people, I am not chatting with much European but I think I will be careful about their privacy.
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@Katagiri (426)
• Brazil
20 Jun 07
I just can't forget, English is not my main language.
Countries sure have different laws, sometimes we think the others' laws are absurd. Like, in the US, when they arrest a criminal, the TV covers him/her face. Here in Brazil the police rises him/her face to the TV show. But here is against the law to publish someone's address, they say the name just when they're sure the person is a criminal but don't tell other personal details.
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@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
22 Jun 07
But posting another person's address and information on the internet where everyone and anyone can see if wrong no matter how you look at it. It is malicious and rude. I mean, can you imagine if your name, address and phone number was posted publically? I don't think anyone would be happy about that.
@castleghost (1304)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I have to admit there are times when I do forget that not everyone I am talking with is from the United States. I just start chatting with people and for what ever reason I assume that they are from the same country with the same laws. If you stop and think about it each state in the United States has their own laws as well. This is a good point that you have brought up.
