[clug] [OT] research for BarCampII

[Simon Pascal Klein]

On 23/03/2009, at 4:59 PM, Robert Edwards wrote:

> Hi all - sorry for the Off-Topic post...
>
> Canberra BarCampII is on this Saturday (unless I am mistaken...).

Definitely happening. 10:00–17:00.

See you guys there! (:


—Pascal


> I am looking into issues around social network sites and thought I'd
> ask the many excellent brains on this list for any additional material
> around the legal aspects of hosting private and/or identity-revealing
> data on sites in foreign countries (in particular the U.S.).
>
> Eg. how hard is it for a person or corporation in Australia to sue
> a U.S. company that misuses personal and/or identity data? Which
> jurisdiction would you take action in? Are there any good cases to
> look at? Any good stories about foreign governments accessing data
> held in information systems in their territory (eg. U.S. Secret  
> Service,
> F.B.I., Dept. of Homeland Security, N.S.A. or others accessing data
> about Australians or other foreigners held in data centers in the  
> U.S.)?
>
> Also, any stories similar to the recent Facebook change to their EULA
> (and then back again)? Any stories of social networking sites going
> broke and selling their database to another company who then changes
> the EULA or otherwise misuses the personal data?
>
> Any stories about how enforcable a EULA written in one country is to
> people living in another?
>
> I already have some material but am looking for a fast way to get
> some more...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Edwards.
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