Working Areas

Organizing Principles

Similarities between Privacy Commons (PC) and Creative Commons (CC):

1. PC and CC are successful because they embody cultural notions.
2. PC and CC both face the challenges of adapting to changing cultural notions and changing laws.

Differences between Privacy Commons (PC) and Creative Commons (CC):

1. Copyright holders hold no substantial pre-existing legal duty in relation to third party. Ie, there are hardly any (if any) laws requiring copyright holders to grant licenses, or exercise care.
2. Execution of a CC license requires no additional affirmative action on the part of the licensee. It is a unilateral grant. (ie, no need to form a contract; no need to implement new policies & procedures; no need to train staff; No need to patch existing technology)
3. Execution of a CC license creates no new duties on the part of the grantor, except the duty not to sue.

These differences highlight challenges to developing Creative Commons.

Goals and Working Plan

Goal: Create a comprensive Framework for Privacy Policies

Intermediate Steps

1. Identify and articulate cultural notions and expectations of privacy
2. Identify and reach out to other related initiatives
3. Identify and articulate Privacy Principles
4. Develop a way to organize privacy information/ notions/ principles/ laws
5. Develop strategies to adapt policies and privacy contracts to shifiting notions of privacy, shifting definitions, and new applicable law