Thanks Alex, This is the danger all around and good to have friends to warn us away from the danger. Lou On 2/1/2013 2:52 PM, Alex Gakuru wrote: > Business model example. > > Would you like a free mobile phone application that lets you know the > name of the calling party, regardless of whether or not you have them > on your phone's address book? Maybe even if they have concealed their > number? Call it innovation! But the downside is that the application > covertly uploads users' phone books and makes them part of its > crowd-sourced database. As of January 22, 2013 the number had reached > 10 million users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCaller application > website http://www.truecaller.com/ > > Alex > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Carl Smith <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > It seems to me to be some kind of justification for invasion of > privacy. > > Lou > > On 2/1/2013 12:47 PM, Kathy Kleiman wrote: >> Hi All, >> I have not yet read the attached paper, but it is a background >> paper that Fadi received at the World Economic Forum in Davos. >> Fadi was in a meeting on user data and privacy, and found himself >> speaking for users (those whose data is captured). Hooray! >> >> A good intersessional meeting in LA. A new experiment on having >> the Noncommercial and Commercial meet together for meetings on >> both policy issues, and administrative issues (for growth and >> operation of our Stakeholder and constituency groups). I hope >> others will comment. I found it very valuable -- and think we >> have a great NCSG team! >> >> Best, >> Kathy >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: WEF Background Paper >> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:26:56 -0800 >> From: Fadi Chehade <[log in to unmask]> >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> To: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Wendy Seltzer <[log in to unmask]> >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Kathy Kleiman >> <[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> >> >> Robin, Wendy and Kathy: >> >> As promised during the GNSO NCPH Meeting yesterday, attached you >> will find a copy of the Background Paper from the World Economic >> Forum Annual Meeting 2013, Davos, Switzerland entitled "Unlocking >> the Personal Data: From Collection to Usage”. >> >> Please forward it to the other NCPH members in attendance. >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> Fadi >> >> // >> >> >> > >