Comment Neelie (Kroes)

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excerpt from: Data isn't a four-letter word

[...] So let's not be naïve. However well drafted and carefully negotiated, the risk of breaking EU law will not deter your average hacker or spy. When your house is broken into – you don't need a lawyer, you need a lock.

I like the sound-bite... but the fact is that you need a lock *before* your house is broken into; you need a lawyer afterwards, but only because there's a legal framework for prosecuting burglars. If that legal framework were not in place, enforcement would be impossible - and unfortunately, that's where we are now, with respect to most online privacy violations.

Robin Wilton, 11/12/2013 12:14