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We must watch and hope! On 07/12/2013, Philip Whateley <philip.whateley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is potentially huge. > > My understanding of the data protection act (and I am a registered data > controller) is that (even where it would otherwise be fair processing) > personal data must not be transmitted to any country which does not have > legislation equivalent to the Data Protection Act. > > So if there is sufficient evidence or suspicion that MS et al have back > doors to allow NSA spying, it then becomes a duty of care on data > controllers not to hold any personal data on a computer running > operating systems or application software produced by companies that > have collaborated with NSA, if that computer is ever connected to the > internet. > > A (not exhaustive) list would include: Central Government, Local > Authorities, Police and Criminal Justice authorities, all educational > establishments, NHS and private medical services, Banks, HMRC, any > employer using HR or payroll software (which must now be internet > connected because of RTI) etc. In principle, all these could be forced > to stop using MS Apple or Google software until it can be proven > (presumably through the independent scrutiny of source code) that the > software is now clean. > > Phil > > On 06/12/13 15:39, Philip Hudson wrote: >> EvilCorp sued for NSA collusion: >> http://techrights.org/2013/12/06/microsoft-collusion-with-the-nsa/ >> >> >> On 6 December 2013 15:36, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> I'm sure nobody on this list was fooled for a second by EvilCorp's >> recent security whitewash "announcement", but in case you need to >> give a detailed rebuttal to anybody, here's the good old FSF: >> >> >> https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-responds-to-microsofts-privacy-and-encryption-announcement >> >> -- >> Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz >> @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz >> @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 >> >> > > -- phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq