tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168778176880634797.post2260769572212072342..comments2023-12-20T22:14:07.000-05:00Comments on Spatial Law and Policy: Section 6 of the Proposed Internet Privacy Bill - What Does It Mean?Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079320333308661696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168778176880634797.post-37806442406176936382010-05-10T08:38:23.356-04:002010-05-10T08:38:23.356-04:00I guess this is a bill going after Facebook's ...I guess this is a bill going after Facebook's recent privacy issues????<br /><br />I don't think the wording does a good job of dealing with defining providers of location based information and users and products. <br /><br />Twitter is an example (you could insert any microblogging service) where a single twitter user is the product. And he/she/it can also be providing location based information about of other twitter users in addition to their own location information. <br /><br />IANAL, but based on the wording...I would think I need to get my friends to "opt-in" before I tweet "I'm hanging out a with @ @ and <@person>!" So I would agree that the wording of the proposed bill is overly broad!<br /><br />Also, wouldn't some location information be protected as free speech? How would this affect journalists who microblog (Twitter, identi.ca, etc)?<br /><br />I mention identi.ca because that's Canadian and serious microbloggers always have an identi.ca account along w/ their twitter account(so that they can still blog when there's a blue fail whale). Now you have jurisdictional challenges. What if the next social media phenom is in Malta?<br /><br />With the application provider not always being the location info provider. Users potentially would need to opt-in several times for the same location information. <br /><br />With Google Latitude, you have to opt-in and I think this works well (with Google latitude, you control not only "if" you share your LI but also how accurate that LI will be.<br /><br />What about 3rd party apps that use a Google API? So those would require their own opt-in consent?Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852806845285657470noreply@blogger.com