[dow2tf] Draft Questions for GAC

[KathrynKL@xxxxxxx]

In our efforts to move forward with data gathering, I would like to 
propose some questions for the GAC.  As we discussed in an earlier 
call, we should give GAC as much time as possible to respond to our
questions.  So I offer the questions below for discussion on Tuesday.   
Please let me know if you have ways to modify any of them to 
make them more specific or productive.  Regards, Kathryn 

Draft Questions for TF2 to circulate to GAC: 
1) Does your country have national, provincial and/or local laws
regarding privacy of personal information, including name,
address, home phone number, home fax number, and/or personal
email address? If so, could you provide us with a link to the
specific statutory sections (if they are online) or copies of the
privacy laws (if they are not online)? 
          a) If you are a common law country, are there legal cases
            that provide additional privacy protections on this personal
        information that it would be valuable for us to know about?
        If so, could you provide a link or a copy?

2) Does your country have national, provincial and/or local laws or
customs protecting the anonymity of speech? Are there rules or
customs that allow, for example, that allow authors to write under
pen names (nom de plume), political speakers to speak without
attribution, or artists to publish under other names? 
          a) Does your country, province or locality have laws on
              anonymity? If so, could you provide a link or a copy?
          b) If you are a common law country, are there legal cases
             that provide additional rights or limitations on anonymity
             that would be valuable for us to know about? If so, could
             you provide a link or a copy?

3)  Does your country have national, provincial and/or local laws
that govern the ways in which data subjects must be notified of and
give consent for data collection and processing?

4) Does your country have a data protection agency or officer? If
so, could you provide us with the contact information?

5) Has your country at the national, regional or local level (in a
government, agency or court decision that you are aware of) made
any decision or ruling regarding the collection and publication of
personal information in the globally available WHOIS database?