Thursday, September 17, 2009

Re: [Geopriv] Question regarding and call transfers

James,


>Dan
>
>To you #1 - it's hard to argue this isn't a breach, given the
>scenario you define. This is a bit of a sticky spot IMO, wrt
>this spec, if it is answered by a true destination, and not
>just a clearing house such as a PSAP that dispatches each of
>these different responders.

So, what is your answer: With retransmission-allowed being set to 'no' is entity X allowed to forward it to entity Y? (ignoring the legal aspects for a moment)

Based on what criteria should a computer program make the distinction.

Ciao
Hannes


>
>I do not believe it is a problem for practical matters,
>because you want the caller's PIDF-LO to be sent to all
>responders necessary - which goes to your #2, not exactly that
>there is no expectation of privacy, but that the caller is
>freely asking for someone to listen to the information
>(including their location) they are providing in a time of need.
>
>James
>
>At 11:00 AM 9/17/2009, Dan Mongrain wrote:
>>I have just read RFC 5606 regarding using
>><retransmission-allowed> and have a question
>>when used in an emergency calling situation.
>>
>>An emergency call is made and the PSAP answering
>>the call is operated by the police
>>department. It is determined that police, fire
>>and ambulance are required to be
>>dispatched. The fire department and the
>>ambulance company can be deemed as separate
>>parties from the police department (the
>>ambulance company can be a private company).
>>
>>1. If the <retransmission-allowed> flag is set
>>to no, is forwarding the PIDF-LO onto both fire
>>and ambulance a breach of the use of the flag?
>>2. The RFC implies that the LR must respect the
>>flag only if it has a legal obligation to do
>>so. Can it be assume that because a caller has
>>no reasonable expectation to privacy when making
>>an emergency call (at least in North America)
>>then forwarding of the PIDF-LO is allowed?
>>
>>Thanx,
>>
>>Dan Mongrain, ing.
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>>
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