FW: [LINK] unintended consequences of privacy

[Deus Ex Machina]

Craig Sanders [cas at taz.net.au] wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 03:37:21PM +1100, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> > no. the "user" in this instance is the debtor. why should everyone else
> > pay for that?
> 
> chasing debts is a part of the cost of doing business - why should *everyone*
> pay for that rather than just the customers of the business concerned?  

because privacy has made costs go up and this flows through the economy.
obviously not as dramatic a flow through as gst was but its still there.

Vic