Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-04-10 Thread David Wright
Quoting Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Does it mean that if I want to download software -- like Sybase or Oracle, > dev. version -- from the Internet in which I have to provide my personal > information on their websites, basically the procedure is unlawful. Or > there _is_ a difference between p

Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-04-07 Thread Oki DZ
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, David Wright wrote: > What I'm telling you is that that is not all right. I'm sure you'll > be able to turn up references to our Data Protection Act (the old and > the new) on the web. You may be surprised by them. Does it mean that if I want to download software -- like Syba

Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-04-07 Thread David Wright
Quoting Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, David Wright wrote: > > You may well fall foul of the Data Protection Act at least in Europe. > > I think I didn't say that apt-get would _automatically_ grab whatever info > available on your systems; I said that if a user put his/her

Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-04-07 Thread Oki DZ
> Don't you tired of: "Y OS is used on 85% of desktop systems", and a week ^^^ ck..ck.. my English needs continuous polishing... Oki

Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-04-07 Thread Oki DZ
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, David Wright wrote: > You may well fall foul of the Data Protection Act at least in Europe. I think I didn't say that apt-get would _automatically_ grab whatever info available on your systems; I said that if a user put his/her info on a file, then apt-get would send it's co

Re: apt-get and personal data

2000-03-31 Thread David Wright
Quoting Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'm wondering whether it'd be useful to keep track of Debian users who > download the packages via apt-get (from the main site)? I think it would; > suppose you can have a list of the users with their information like: > names, email addresses, cities, coun