Re: RFC - Survey (not sales!)

Kickass, europe is officially excluded from the realms of anything techie. Last I heard SA was planning to implement some stuff like that, but I haven't heard any more. I suppose its a case of ethics, people want thier data to be private and it should be left private. I'd be a tad pissed if the company started sending my email address off to others (unless it was to get me free beer) brett Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > In the year of Our Lord Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:20:10 +0100, Volker Hetzer > <volker.hetzer@fujitsu-siemens.com> broke a vow of silence to utter: > > >Brett Geer wrote: > >> > >> DP Rules? I don't follow. > >> > >> basically what I was proposing was a simple stat on what sort of > >> people lurk on this list or randomly rtfm users > >Regardless of its simplicity, what you propose is research > >into usage patterns, interests, profession and hw equipment, > >all of which are very interesting from a commercial point of > >view. That's why it's a dp issue and you should get the consent of the > >people you are collecting information about. > > DP = Data Protection (privacy, don't y'know). There are a zillions rules about > what you can and can't do with people's personal info in Europe. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett's 10th law of UNIX administration... rm is forever ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 Fax. +27 31 717 4001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The little voices are talking to me again, telling me to reach for a keyboard and type rm -rf /* last week they had me rm -rf `echo $MANPATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` now I fear I have no answers -----------------------------------------------------------------