Comments on: Gates urges federal data privacy law

Capping his visit to the nation's capital, Microsoft's chairman speaks about importance of balancing privacy concerns with data collection.

[Lee in San Diego]

Apparently

Apparently the USA workforce is not up for the job and we need to
bring in unlimited H1-B security experts /sarcasm

[Lee in San Diego]

Apparently

Apparently the USA workforce is not up for the job and we need to
bring in unlimited H1-B security experts /sarcasm

[wbenton]

Microsoft on Security...

Now that's an oxymoron at best.

A national security threat at worst!!!

Walt

[wbenton]

Microsoft on Security...

Now that's an oxymoron at best.

A national security threat at worst!!!

Walt

[jefframse]

Perhaps now IS a good time to do this

Perhaps now is a good time to set up paramaters of how private data can be collected and used.
If we wait until our private information is no longer private it will be hard to go back and set the standards. Path Dependency will be 'in play' making it difficult for the authorities to give up the access and use of private information if they are already accustomed to it. I feel that the authorities have lots of information already, and that the balance that Bill Gates asks for in the use and acquisition of private information is well articulated. Now is the time, not later with the ball already rolling down the hill, to put on the brakes to unreasonable access and use of private information.

[jefframse]

Perhaps now IS a good time to do this

Perhaps now is a good time to set up paramaters of how private data can be collected and used.
If we wait until our private information is no longer private it will be hard to go back and set the standards. Path Dependency will be 'in play' making it difficult for the authorities to give up the access and use of private information if they are already accustomed to it. I feel that the authorities have lots of information already, and that the balance that Bill Gates asks for in the use and acquisition of private information is well articulated. Now is the time, not later with the ball already rolling down the hill, to put on the brakes to unreasonable access and use of private information.