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Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 2:43 UTC (Tue) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
Parent article: Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

I do hope the application meets Australia's legislative requirements: disclosing the existence of a commission, etc.

This is a prime example of the collection of personal data on servers outside of Australia's jurisdiction which concerns privacy advocates.


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Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 9:36 UTC (Tue) by Company (guest, #57006) [Link]

I suppose Canonical will not be selling its products in Australia then?

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 15:41 UTC (Tue) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link]

Canonical sells products?

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 22:08 UTC (Tue) by misc (subscriber, #73730) [Link]

Technically, yes :
http://shop.canonical.com/

But I agree that the comment was not clear for me either.

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 12:05 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

I think you'll find the EU has rather toothsome privacy laws too -- and IIRC those are modelled on the UK's older laws.

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