Re: Consent

Adam

I'm glad someone brought this up as a starting point for discussion....
comments below

At 02:46 PM 8/20/2001 -0400, Adam Shostack wrote:
>I'm finding myself asking a lot of questions about what people mean by
>phrases they use including the word "consent."
>
>May I suggest that we use the following terminology:
>
>Consentual-disclosure: The end-user has chosen to reveal
>information. This choice is freely given, not mandated or required.

But is this given explicitly or implicitly (and yes I've read below)? Is
everyone defaulted to be allowed or not-allowed to discover location of
another. What about in letting others discover my location?

>
>Mandated-disclosure: There is a legal requirement to reveal
>information.

again, explicitly or implicitly?

>
>Needed-disclosure: There is a requirement to reveal the
>information in order to make the service work. For example, if I call
>1-800-find-gas to get the nearest gas station, I may expect that my
>location will be transmitted.
>
>Explicit-consent-action: The user performs a GUI action to reveal or
>conceal information at the time of the request
>
>Default-conset-action: The user has set a preference for some
>recipient, class of recipient, etc.
>
>Adam

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Received on Mon Aug 20 15:09:40 2001