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  Article 46-Collection of personal digital information  
46.1 Collection of personal digital information  
  Technology now allows the collection of vast amounts of personal digital information without the need for direct contact with an individual or even their physical location. Therefore it is entirely possible to obtain sufficient information by direct and indirect reference on the internet to build a detailed psychological profile.
  
  This being so, it is incumbent upon all civilized people and entities that the collection of personal digital information is firstly for a clear purpose and secondly with some consent of the person who owns the identity.
  
  Therefore, it should be considered a law in all nations that the collection of personal digital information should be by written, oral or electronic consent before being collected and that some disclosure as to its purpose should also be given.
  
  While government in times and matters of security and safety may choose not to disclose the collection of personal digital information and its use, it should be considered a general rule of all government agencies not strictly functioning in a security capacity to be fully disclosing as to the storage and use of personal digital information.
  
     
     
 
 

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