[Privsec] feedback until 9:00: our statement on privacy & Internet governance

[karen banks]

hi ralf

well done..

it's almost 500 words -  you won't be able to read this in 3+ mins.. (who 
timed you? ;) - it will take about 5 mins  - about 100 words per minutes 
normally.. it always takes longer in plenary - i've done some edits, but 
it's difficult to cut much.. down to 420 words

edited text version below.. tracked changes attached

karen

PrepCom-3, Subcommittee A on Internet Governance
WSIS Civil Society Privacy and Security Working Group
Statement on Internet Governance and Privacy
22 September 2005

We thank the WGIG for their clear statements on the importance of privacy 
protection in an ever more connected world. While fully supporting the 
findings and recommendations, especially paragraph 83, we want to stress 
some areas of concern to civil society.

A crucial issue in the global information society will be the incorporation 
of privacy protection into all efforts related to the Internet. Only if 
everyone can use the internet freely, without fear of constant observation 
and monitoring, can it become an open, public infrastructure leading to a 
"people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society" 
that we all envisioned at the first WSIS summit in Geneva.

To reach this goal, we recommend that privacy capacity-building be 
integrated in all programs to expand the use and improve governance of the 
Internet. Privacy impact assessments also should be mandatory for all 
projects in this area.

We agree with the WGIG report  that  there is a lack of globally 
enforceable standards and legislation for privacy protection on the 
Internet. We fully support its recommendation to encourage countries that 
have no legal tradition in this field to develop clear rules and legal 
frameworks with the participation of all stakeholders. We also strongly 
agree that efforts to create arrangements and procedures between national 
law enforcement agencies be consistent with the protection of privacy and 
other human rights.

Just a few days ago, the world's data protection and privacy commissioners 
convened in Montreux. We join them in their Montreux Declaration appealing 
"to the United Nations to prepare a legal binding instrument which clearly 
sets out in detail the rights to data protection and privacy as enforceable 
human rights."

In line with the declaration, we also encourage the Tunis summit to adopt a 
commitment to develop a legal framework that ensures the rights to privacy 
and data protection for all citizens within the Information Society. This 
echoes the commitment taken by the Iberoamerican summit of Santa Cruz in 
November 2003 and the summit of Countries that share French language of 
Ouagadougou in November 2004.

We support the WGIG report recommendation that "the broad set of 
privacy-related issues described in the WGIG Background Report should be 
discussed in a multi-stakeholder setting". We also support the suggestion 
of the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications 
in yesterday's letter to you, Mr. Chair, to create a global Privacy Forum 
as a result of the Tunis Summit.

We will submit written language in order to help the subcommittee finalize 
its work on this important part of the Tunis documents.  
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