Peter Fleischer, Google's privacy czar, wants universal privacy laws — no doubt Google wants to establish a base standard so it won't continue to get called on its own anti-privacy actions. At a United Nations agency conference in Strasbourg, Fleischer cited the proliferation of personal data on the Web as a cause for concern, particularly because things like credit card numbers passes through several nations, all with varying privacy laws, before completing transactions. "If privacy principles can be agreed in such divergent countries [as Australia and Vietnam], then we think that is a model for the rest of the world," said Fleischer in reference to guideline established by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Of course the real question is who will enforce them.

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