[x-pubpol] APPAP = Australian Privacy Principles for Anonymity and Pseudonymity

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=11297843&ampref=rss

The change to Google's policy is important because it shows a change in
attitude towards rights of users online.

Vint Cerf
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/us-google-names-idUSBRE9240HS20130305>,
a senior executive at Google, had argued that "anonymity and pseudonymity
are perfectly reasonable under some situations", especially where using a
*real* name could endanger a user.

The new policy should bring Google into line with the Australian Privacy
Principles for Anonymity and Pseudonymity
<http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/applying-privacy-law/app-guidelines/chapter-2-app-2-anonymity-and-pseudonymity>
announced
by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC
<http://www.oaic.gov.au/>) this year.

While we might normally consider names and pseudonyms purely as markers of
our identity, the OAIC argues that anonymity and pseudonymity are important
privacy concepts that allow people to have greater control over their
personal information.

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