[Privsec] reworked theme proposal for IGF: "People-Centred Digital Identity and Privacy"

[Ralf Bendrath]

Dear all,

today, the deadline ends for theme proposals for the Internet Governance 
Forum. This list has not been too active recently in collaboratively 
working on text. I myself was caught up in work, too (I am involved in a 
conference we have at my institute this weekend). I finally worked a bit 
on it this night. Two things:

*1. Theme proposal for "People-Centric Digital Identity and Privacy"*

As nobody on this list did find time to develop a theme proposal based on 
our "Privacy Forum" idea from February, I think it is best to support a 
good idea that is already out there. Therefore, I have taken Garth 
Graham's proposal on user-centric identity (which met no objections here) 
and re-worked it a bit, following a suggestion by Bertrand de La Chapelle, 
into a theme on "People-Centred Digital Identity and Privacy". The draft 
is attached.

Due to lack of time, this was not coordinated with Garth or Bertrand. But 
I guess the chances of getting this theme onto the agenda are even higher 
if the general idea is supported by different proposals and from different 
directions. And, by the way, if it makes it onto the IGF agenda, we still 
have every chance to build this into a global Privacy Forum. ;-)

I will be offline today from 15:00 CEST on because of our conference. If I 
do not hear any objections to this proposal, I will submit it in the name 
of this group. If people object, I will still submit it as my own 
proposal, and personal endorsements are of course welcome for that.

*2. Theme Proposal "Privacy of e-Voting"*

I am not sure if we have enough agreement for Ginger's proposal on the 
privacy of e-voting for supporting it as a group. I myself am not 
convinced anymore that even the references in the latest version are 
enough to make clear it really is an Internet Governance issue. But the 
main problem seems to be that it will not have a realistic chance of 
getting into the IGF if we already face scepticism in this group and from 
other CS people. Therefore, I would prefer not to submit it in the name of 
this group.

Ginger, you of course are free to submit it yourself, and I hope for your 
understanding. If people want to endorse it, they should let Ginger know.

Best, Ralf

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