Coroners and Justice Bill

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:06:55 +0000


In article <wrFPsiB+UthJFAyB@highwayman.com>, Richard Clayton 
<richard@highwayman.com> writes
>>Banning all transfers would cause international commerce to
>>grind to a halt.
>
>I think that's overstating it, you can still move iron ore, gas and kiwi
>fruit around the world without transferring personal data across borders

The Kiwi fruit salesman would have problems booking an airline ticket 
(very often via a large computer in the USA) to visit his potential 
customers, if some of his personal data didn't get transferred during 
the process (and I'm not talking about Homeland Security here, just the 
boring stuff).
-- 
Roland Perry