If you want to discuss that, take it elsewhere. Ouch, you're not friendly
You seem to be focusing on detail and missing the bigger picture again.
It's not. Anyone who thinks it is that simple does not understand the problem space. Sorry.
We're trying to answer to question that is not the main question by itself. The main question is: provide or do not provide personal information to third parties?
It's not that simple. It depends on what the third party wants the data for. As an example, you might think it's a no-brainer to provide that third party access to law enforcement. We all want to prevent crime and help the police catch bad guys. But suppose the cops are hunting whoever's hosting Wikileaks this week or Mugabe's goons want to arrest human rights campaigners. What then? OK, Zimbabwe's not in our service region but you get the general idea. Jim, do you listen yourself? Third parties will decide instead of person how his/her personal data should be processed and for what?
I may agree with you that the picture is too big to estimate it's size but you watching the picture from the wrong side. The goal of personal data protection is to protect data. But not the third-parties. And just for your information: law enforcements already has access to databases that they should has. If they hasn't - they use authorized procedures in their investigation to gain access to the required data. Assistance for the law enforcements is not the question of this discussion -- Best wishes, Andrey Semenchuk Trifle Internet Service Provider (056) 731-99-11 www.trifle.net