Do you have any indication for this accusation? If not, don’t use this as argument. You comment was very offensive even if wrapped with words like “often” and “human nature”.
> It is not illegal. Privacy is not an absolute right.
Salary is personal data under GDPR.
> The annual salary of Orange's CEO is 2.67 million Euros.
Anecdotal evidence… An individual can disclose his personal data. Or a public interest might outweigh the privacy rights. But is such case there needs to be a legal framework for this. This doesn’t happen by throwing accusations on the mailing list and pointing to US as an example. (Because they have excellent history of treating personal data well, right…)
Ondrej
On 6. 11. 2025, at 8:40, Roderick Beck <roderick.beck@networksourcing.net> wrote:
Disclosure of senior management salaries helps reduce excessive compensation, which is a very common problem due to the often cozy relationship between the supervisory board and senior management. Human nature is guided by self interest and there have been plenty of non-profit scandals over the years. If you are a running a company or organization in the public interest, you sure as hell should be willing to disclose your compensation. The only real motive for not dosing so is embarassment as how much money you are making.
Good ideas are good ideas whether Europe practices them or not, Gert. And let me add that given the scandals in European cooperates and at the EU Parliament, European transparency standards are low and inadequate. Privacy is used as a cover for inadequate disclosure and bad deeds.
Regards,
Roderick.
And what makes it the global de facto standard?
Because one country does something, doesn't mean others need to follow.
Regards,
Christopher Hawker
That's not a good argument. Disclosure of individual salaries is de facto the global standard for transparency.
Regards,
Roderick.
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 07:31:27PM +0100, Roderick Beck wrote:
> In the US all non-profits must disclose the individual salaries of senior
> management. RIPE does not even though it functions effectively as a
> nonprofit. I think more transparency is due in this respect given that RIPE
> is also a monopoly and has a budget of $40 million versus $33 million for
> ARIN and twice as many employees and contractors as ARIN.
We are not in the US...
Gert Doering
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