Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Database Regulation (was Re: Post Office plans.) Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 07:40:28 GMT References: <5308@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 21 How about the following? [1] Creditors and those who would provide input for such databases should be required to get your approval to report TO the databases. In fact, to prevent pressure tactics, we might need a law requiring the input sources to not discriminate based on one's refusal to sign such a form. and/or [2] You may sue the database provider AND consumer (that is - the one using the database) for some vast quantity of money if an error on their part harms you in some way. A bank could still turn you down if you don't have good credit or enough references, etc., and you will know who is reporting information about you. It's not quite prohibition, but it is pretty serious regulation. -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]