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+-   Web is Evil, Says Canadian Privacy Czarina-> on Wednesday August 20 2008, @10:49AM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 20 2008, @10:49AM
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An anonymous reader writes "The web is evil and must be stopped — because it makes public information TOO public. So says Canada's Privacy Commissioner. She wants to "anonymize" court records by substituting initials for names. The Toronto Star quotes Jennifer Stodddart as saying "The open court rule, which is extremely historically important, has now become distorted by the effect of massive search engines ...Court decisions and other related documents "which contain all sorts of personal information" are now searchable worldwide, which was never intended when openness rules were devised." All Stoddart's proposal would do is erect a minor barrier for the techno unsaavy. Researchers, reporters geeks and most teenagers would still be able to figure out who's who. Stoddart seems to believe only in an abstract notion of freedom and access — but only as long not too many people use it and no one suffers. She cites the case of someone who is upset at reading the divorce case of her parents. Is Stoddart a danger or a menace? Or just clueless?"
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