Three core topics:
- TransAtlantic difference
- Key differences between Canadian and European regulatory frames?
- Does regulation operate on the server or on the formal organisation that manages it?
Does it matter where the organisation’s servers are, geographically? - Is GDPR really an effective option for North American data hosts (Canada, USA)?
- Surveillance vs commercial extraction
- How much is the regulatory framework about privacy and extraction of users’ data (by commercial operators) , and how much is about access of State agencies (surveillance, legal demands for disclosure)?
- What kinds of resistance to surveillance and disclosure have members of our community needed to mount,. With what kinds of consequences, or risks to our organisations and our members?
- How much is State surveillance and disclosure an issue in Europe, compared with the USA?
- Preferences
- Expectations of meet. coop User members, regarding a regime of protection for their data? Would adopting one or other regulatory jurisdiction limit our membership and our service to our members?
- Is there any consensus on the value of the European regulatory frame (GDPR) vis a vis North American frames (Canadian, US). Or the UK frame?