[Privsec] Data protection commissioners' input to WGIG

[Ralf Bendrath]

Garstka from IWGDPT just called me:

His staff person who is taking care of the IWGDPT is currently on parental 
leave for a few weeks, and Garstka is retiring soon. Alexander Dix (DP 
Commissioner of Brandenburg, the German state around Berlin) will follow 
him as chair of the group. We agreed to have a meeting in May with all 
three of them. They have tried to "get into the WSIS" in the first phase, 
he told me, but without much success. Maybe they thought just writing 
letters would be enoungh. Anyway, they are interested in closer 
cooperation with our group. He also also was interested in the upcoming 
Cybersecurity meeting.

Rikke Frank Joergensen schrieb:
> Maybe someone from this WG could be included in the International
> Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, as they mention
> in the letter that they also include independent scientists. And I guess
> we have a few of those.

This is certainly something I will suggest. Any volunteers?
Frannie and Gus, what about EPIC's and PI's contacts with them? Did you 
have any in the past?

Personal thought: Should we also invite one liaison person (probably the 
working level staffer) of IWGDPT to this group? As they are not exactly 
civil society, but government watchdogs / ombudspersons, I am not sure 
what the rest of this group thinks about it. Any thoughts?

Ralf