[OSM-talk] Accountability

Nigel Magnay nigel.magnay at gmail.com
Mon Jul 24 14:05:05 BST 2006


FOI only applies to public authorities.

On 24/07/06, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/24/06, Emil <emil79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think some people here misunderstand where privacy concerns are appropriate.
>
> The UK Freedom of Information Act requires organisations to protect
> data they hold against possible future violations and breaches of
> privacy, as well as present.  If people signed a waiver and gave
> explicit permission for their contributions to be released publically,
> that would be a different matter.  So now we have a torrent of emails
> from people on the list saying they don't care about their tracks,
> edits being made availabel etc.  That's great, but the nature of the
> OSM license means that if one person does not give permission, all
> derivatives of their contributions are subject to their non-approval.
>
> Nick
>
> >
> > Doctor's records: there's a big privacy issue here. Same with
> > insurance companies records. Etc.
> >
> > Now, OSM accepts _voluntary_ contributions from people. If you are at
> > all interested in keeping your movements secret, why on earth are you
> > recording them with a GPS and uploading them to an open project??
> >
> > I think we need to think about ACCOUNTABILITY. If people upload GPX
> > points, I want to see who uploaded them. Not the actual names and
> > addresses or anything, a pseudonym is fine - but I want to have some
> > idea who to hold responsible.
> >
> > The way I see it is that some people have got their knickers in a
> > twist about privacy and think that this trumps everything else. So I'd
> > like to turn things around and focus on accountability:
> >
> > * Why should people expect to be able to contribute to OSM and not be
> > in any way accountable for their contributions???
> >
> > Now, I realise some people will disagree with this. I just want to put
> > my view across.
> >
> > Emil
> >
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