[Still Thinking]

Should you own your own data?

Duh! (Not you, ShadowAce)

I've made exactly that point many many times with people trying to get information from me, as if they were entitled merely for the asking. I educate them that that data is my personal property and will only be shared with them if it's in MY immediate interests to do so. In a similar vein, I love it when people unknown to you leave you voicemails requesting that you call back because it's important. What do they think is going to motivate you to spend your time on something when they haven't given you enough information for you to determine that it's important to YOU, rather than to THEM?

[ShadowAce]

Agreed on all points. The point made in the article is good, too--"Privacy campaigners have long advocated that we should own our data, and we should be able to do what we like with it. So why has an attempt to put this into law caused a minor panic?"

People seem rather schizophrenic on this issue.

[Dead Corpse]

Good post. Saved me some typing. ;-)

[mlocher]

I've made exactly that point many many times with people trying to get information from me, as if they were entitled merely for the asking.

Anybody that asks me for data or my opinion, gets asked a question by me. "How much do I get paid for releasing this information that your organization will profit from?" Always an interesting discussion from there.