# Commons.hour special - data privacy **URL:** https://forum.meet.coop/t/commons-hour-special-data-privacy/1361 **Category:** commons.hour 'specials **Tags:** tech, time-deliberating, platform-space, social-relations, evolution **Created:** [13 May 2023 14:05 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/commons-hour-special-data-privacy/1361 "2023-05-13T14:05:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/user_avatar/forum.meet.coop/mikemh/32/358_2.png) [@mikemh](https://forum.meet.coop/u/mikemh) #### Post date: [13 May 2023 14:28 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/commons-hour-special-data-privacy/1361/2 "2023-05-13T14:28:39Z")
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? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.meet.coop/t/commons-hour-special-data-privacy/1361)._