... explicitconsent.Facebookpromisestoallowusersa7-daycommentperiodformostchangesand,ifmorethan7,000peopleprovidecomments,notnecessarilyanimpossiblyhighbarriergiventheverylargetotalnumber of users,theywillputthemattertoavote.Thevotewillbebinding,oneway or theother,if30% of allregisteredusersparticipate.347Thisisaprettyhighbarrier(NBthelowrates of participationeveninnationalelectionsinmostcountries),butperhapsnotimpossiblyhighforaverycontroversialchange.Insomeways,thedebateaboutcorporatepoliciesinthisareaisjustbeginning.Muchmoreworkneedstobedonetodevelopideas,testthemandtrytoagreeonsomebestpracticeapproaches.Toaddresssome of theshortcomings of self-regulatory or companymotivated programmes, some commentators have called for co-regulatory initiatives,involvingcompanies,civilsocietyorganisationsandgovernments.Moreworkneedstobedonetoascertainwhetherandwhatideasmightbefeasibleandwhethertheyposegreaterrisksthanbenetstotheveryintereststhattheyseektopromote,namelyrespectforprivacyand freedom of expression.Theidea of cooperativearrangementscouldalsobefertileground.Cooperationdiffersfromco-regulationinasmuchasitisvoluntaryinnature,althoughitissimilarinasmuchasitinvolves ... theinformationisaboutthepublicfunctions of an of cial– canbeseenasspecicelaborations of thegeneralidea of areasonableexpectation of privacy.In the United States of America, ... differencesbetweenthesetwotypes of interests–namelyprivacyandcommercialvalue–amongotherthingsbecauseonlyone,privacy,isprotectedunderinternationalhumanrightslaw.Thesedifferenceswouldappeartowarrantdifferenttreatment of theseinterestsinlaw.Animportantissueisthescope of remediesforinvasions of privacy,especiallywherethisinvolvesissues of freedom of expression,asisnotinfrequentlythecase.Financialawardsarethemostcommonremedyforbreach of privacy.UnderFrenchlaw,otherremediesareavailable,includingseizure of theoffendingmaterialandsuchotherremediesasmaybeappropriatetoceasetheprivacyinvasion.IntheDouglas...