As a former government person working in a communications department, I 
find it astonishing how we have forsaken our fiduciary responsibilities 
to look after the public!  Just because we agreed not to regulate the 
Internet, folks in government seem to think hands-off is ok.  Call me 
old-fashioned....
Thanks Dorothy!
Stephanie

On 2015-03-27 11:37, Dorothy K. Gordon wrote:
> Hi Stephanie, There is considerable discussion on IoT and the failure to put in place adequate regulatory, legal frameworks.  It is quite amazing what the public takes for granted.  I will send you a link off list.
>
> best regards
>
>
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie Perrin" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, 27 March, 2015 3:30:24 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> Subject: Re: New report on the connected car
>
> That would be great, I apologize for dragging us off topic but I have a
> bee in my bonnet about how these things will be managed, and would enjoy
> further discussion.  I also (separately) just signed up for a standards
> working group at the IEEE and am on the hunt for privacy-concerned
> individuals who would like to contribute to that....(that was not my
> purpose in posting this, but since there appear to be several experts on
> this list.....Perhaps some of you would like to share the pain of weekly
> meetings for three years:-) )
> Stephanie
> On 2015-03-27 4:37, Andrew A. Adams wrote:
>> ALl,
>>
>> My feeling is that this discussion, while interesting to a number of us, is
>> quite off-topic for NCSG. I'm also involved in research into the social,
>> legal and ethical issues of the Internet of Things, and related
>> cloud-computing developments. Since there seem to be a number of us here
>> interested in these issues, though, perhaps people would be interested in a
>> separate mailing list to discuss these issues? I can set up such a list at my
>> University (warning - my University signed a deal with Microsoft and their
>> email system is now provided by M$ including mailing lists :-(    ) if people
>> are interested.
>>
>>