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

[Ginger Paque]

Hi everybody,

I also support Garth's proposal as prepared by Ralf for submission by the Privacy Security WG. 

I withdraw my proposal on e-voting, and will not submit it personally. Although I am tempted to submit it just to get the phrase a little more visibility, I agree that there needs to be more consensus before adding to the bulk and workload of this process.

I appreciate all of the consideration and comments provided, particularly by Ralf and Robert. I would like to see opinions whether this issue belongs in the Privacy Security Working Group at all, and if not, where it should be treated.

I know some people think this is a national, not an international issue also. However, those countries that have problems with the voting process are unlikely to give their societies the means to solve them.

Thanks again to everybody. Saludos,
Ginger
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ralf Bendrath 
  To: WSIS Privacy&Security WG 
  Cc: Garth Graham ; Bertrand de La Chapelle 
  Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:13 PM
  Subject: [Privsec] reworked theme proposal for IGF: "People-Centred Digital Identity and Privacy"


  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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