Privacy and Human Rights 2003.

Today, EPIC & Privacy International launch ‘Privacy and Human Rights 2003, an international survey of privacy laws and developments’. It is a meaty tome that summarises developments in privacy law and policy in 55 countries during the past year.

There’ll be a webcast of today’s launch at the National Press Club (1300 ET) on the EPIC home page.

[Crooked Timber]

Privacy is important even though it is socially constructed and seems to be highly disputed as a category

Italy forbids unsolicited email. “Sending e-mails without the permission of the receiver is against the law in Italy. Offenders now risk fines of up to 90,000 euros and between six months and three years in prison, if it is proved that they did it… [InternetPolicy.net]

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somebody had to do it, now to get an italian isp.

Debunking IPv6 Myths.

Geoff Huston has written an opinion piece in the Internet Protocol Journal debunking myths about IPv6.

[ITU Strategy and Policy Unit Newslog]

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This is an interesting and somewhat insightful paper that brings to light some of the questions we should ask about technological implementations.