[Privsec] Great news from Montreux

[Ralf Bendrath]

The Data Protection Commissioners have today adopted a declaration that 
explicitly refers to the WSIS:

http://www.edsb.ch/e/aktuell/konferenz/declaration-e.pdf

(can't copy&paste it, read yourself, para 14 and most of page 3)

In addition to the Data Protection person from El Salvador, I was also 
approached by the vice director of CNIL (French DP Authority). She wants 
to press the French delegation in Geneva to introduce language that would 
establish a global UN Privacy Forum as one outcome of the summit. It might 
have to be connected to the Internet Governance Forum, but still...

Does anyone have good connections to their government delegation and could 
convince them to support this? If we get the French and someone else from 
the EU (Rikke?), there is a slight chance that this becomes the EU 
position. Other governments also can really help on this. The Berlin Group 
will also submit another letter to Karklins and Khan. Their Chairman Dix 
will closely coordinate with us.

:-)

Ralf <- off to Lausanne/Geneva now