On 5/8/97, Bob Trachtenberg <bobt[_at_]accentsoft.com> wrote:
>
> This is my first post to this list, so please excuse any infelicities
> or gaffes.
>
> I have been asked by a client whether installing a software mechanism
> in a program freely distributed over the Web (among other methods)
> which records user information such as name and e-mail address, and
> automatically sends it back to the software developer, without the
> user being aware of such action, violates the law in the US or
> anywhere else.
>
> Does the EC Directive on Data Protection have anything to say on this
> matter? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
As I read the EC directive, this would be unlawful in Europe.
I don't know whether the consequences would be civil or criminal liability for a publisher that was subject to jurisdiction in a European country, and I don't know what those penalties would (or could) be.
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