How the public reacts differently to data retention laws
I presume that all of the readers of this blog are fully aware of what the Patriot Act is and what it means for the archiving industry. I grew up in Europe and one of the mistakes that I see many non-Europeans make is to ignore the fact that Europeans value their privacy. Especially in France and Germany ‘personal privacy’ is high on the list of employees and many archiving vendors are struggling with how to ‘market’ their product in these large markets.
The German parliament has however passed the German Data retention law very recently… a law that triggered 10,000 people to protest in the streets of Berlin. I found this article an interesting read and for those not fully aware that European culture is different then the North American it could give you a little insight into it.
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