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Inspired by: other » Consumers tend to be less concerned about privacy then regulators, and to forego privacy for benefits

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Originally submitted by: Nicholas John
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The source of the Weak Signal is

International Herald Tribune, 16.11.2008, www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/16/technology/google17.php?page=2

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Consumers tend to be less concerned about privacy then regulators, and to forego privacy for benefits

Signal's description

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Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)

"European consumers appear to be less worried than some regulators about the potential loss of privacy" "The data protection agencies tend to be extreme," said Peter Heinzmann, chief executive of a Swiss company that makes software for Web cameras called CN Lab. "But most people are voluntarily giving information to Google because they think the benefits outweigh the risk". Weak signal for open information society ("world with no secrets").

Keywords

privacy, open information society, data protection

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