tag:thepublicvoice.org,2009-07-23://12 2012-09-29T15:29:22Z Movable Type 5.12 tag:thepublicvoice.org,2012://12.4856 2012-09-26T21:13:04Z 2012-09-29T15:29:22Z

The Public Voice will hold a privacy and consumer protection meeting in conjunction with the 34th Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 22 October 2011 at the the Conrad Hotel Punta del Este Uruguay. Registration is open for...

EPIC meeting in conjunction with the 34th Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 22 October 2011 at the the Conrad Hotel Punta del Este Uruguay. Registration is open for the Public Voice meeting. The Data Protection Conference will take place 23-24 October 2012.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2012://12.4538 2012-01-25T15:55:31Z 2012-02-01T15:56:52Z

The European Commission has proposed modernized Data Protection rules that will simplify business compliance and establish new privacy rights for individuals. EC Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained, "The proposal will help build trust in online services because people will be...

Amie Stepanovich http://epic.org proposed modernized Data Protection rules that will simplify business compliance and establish new privacy rights for individuals. EC Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained, "The proposal will help build trust in online services because people will be better informed about their rights and in more control of their information." In 2009, 111 civil society groups and 106 experts endorsed the Madrid Privacy Declaration, which called for the establishment of "a new international framework for privacy protection . . . . based on the rule of law, respect for fundamental human rights, and support for democratic institutions." ]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2011://12.4302 2011-08-01T17:11:42Z 2011-10-11T19:05:09Z

The Public Voice will hold a privacy and consumer protection conference in conjunction with the 33rd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 31 October 2011 at the Hilton Mexico City Reforma. The OECD meeting has also scheduled on...

Coney http://www.epic.org conference in conjunction with the 33rd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 31 October 2011 at the Hilton Mexico City Reforma. The OECD meeting has also scheduled on 1 November 2011. The Data Protection Conference will take place 2-3 November 2011.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2011://12.4231 2011-05-27T22:19:26Z 2011-05-27T22:22:42Z

Leaders from the G8 countries gathered in Paris and adopted a statement that contains an extensive discussion on the future of the Internet. The resolution follows the "e>G8 Forum" which brought together mostly business leaders and government leaders. Civil society...

EPIC statement that contains an extensive discussion on the future of the Internet. The resolution follows the "e>G8 Forum" which brought together mostly business leaders and government leaders. Civil society organizations objected to the lack of meaningful participation by NGOs and Article 19 expressed concern about the need to safeguard of Freedom of Expression.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2011://12.4203 2011-05-04T21:56:21Z 2011-05-04T21:59:38Z

On May 5-6, 2011, GigaNet and American University are co-hosting a conference in Washington, D.C. on "Global Internet Governance: Research and Public Policy Challenges for the Next Decade." The two-day conference, which includes key government officials and Internet policy experts,...

EPIC "Global Internet Governance: Research and Public Policy Challenges for the Next Decade." The two-day conference, which includes key government officials and Internet policy experts, aims to engage policy makers and feature scholarly presentations on peer-reviewed papers. Topics include privacy, IP addressing, world affairs, the ICANN regime, and freedom of expression. The Public Voice recently co-sponsored an Internet townhall at the ICANN40 meeting in San Francisco to discuss emerging issues for the online community. Those who wish to attend the American University event can register online, and remote participation is available for those outside of the D.C. metropolitan area.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2011://12.4157 2011-04-04T18:46:34Z 2011-04-04T18:51:55Z

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), established by the World Summit on the Information Society, launched the 10 Internet Rights and Principles at the Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Internet in Sweden. The document, which lists such goals as...

EPIC Internet Governance Forum (IGF), established by the World Summit on the Information Society, launched the 10 Internet Rights and Principles at the Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Internet in Sweden. The document, which lists such goals as Universality and Equality, Accessibility, and Privacy and Data Protection, sets out ten key rights and principles that "must form the basis of Internet governance." The IGF's statement emphasized that the principles are rooted in international human rights standards. For more Information, see the IRP Coalition Website, the Civil Society Seoul Declaration and the EPIC publication The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society. ]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2011://12.4437 2011-03-16T20:36:18Z 2011-11-17T22:01:18Z

The EPIC Public Voice Project joined with various ICANN committees to host an Internet Town Hall meeting in San Francisco. The meeting focused on emerging issues for the online community and was held in conjunction with ICANN40, ICANN's 40th Annual...

Amie Stepanovich http://epic.org EPIC Public Voice Project joined with various ICANN committees to host an Internet Town Hall meeting in San Francisco. The meeting focused on emerging issues for the online community and was held in conjunction with ICANN40, ICANN's 40th Annual Public Meeting. Attendees were able to engage with prominent experts on law and technology on such topics as the Internet's role in political movements and times of crisis, the expansion of Internet domain names, and the weighing of security and privacy. Those who couldn’t make it were able to stream the event live and participate and ask questions over Twitter. For more information, see The Public Voice: Internet Town Hall 2011. ]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3926 2010-10-18T15:35:06Z 2010-10-18T15:40:13Z

The Public Voice will hold a privacy and consumer protection conference in conjunction with the 32nd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 25 October 2010 at the Crown Plaza in Jerusalem. The OECD has also scheduled a symposium...

EPIC conference in conjunction with the 32nd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference on Monday, 25 October 2010 at the Crown Plaza in Jerusalem. The OECD has also scheduled a symposium on October 26 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the OECD Privacy Guidelines. The Data Protection Conference will take place on 27-29 October 2010.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3564 2010-03-09T18:11:06Z 2010-03-09T19:51:29Z

March 12 is the World Day Against Cyber Censorship". Its aim is to rally everyone in support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all. Reporters Without Borders is marking the occasion by issuing its latest list of...

Kleier http://epic.org March 12 is the World Day Against Cyber Censorship". Its aim is to rally everyone in support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all. Reporters Without Borders is marking the occasion by issuing its latest list of "Enemies of the Internet." The list highlights the censorship and surveillance developments that occurs in countries such as Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. If you want to show your support for World Day Against Cyber Censorship, don't hesitate to download the logo and post it on your blog or website or add it to your email signature.The logo is available here in several sizes and colors.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3545 2010-03-01T15:14:10Z 2010-03-01T15:14:53Z

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. A Community Grants Programme has been established to assist...

Kleier http://epic.org The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. A Community Grants Programme has been established to assist ISOC chapters and members specifically in projects that will:

• Advance ISOC's mission and goals specifically those aligned with ISOC Major Strategic Initiatives
• Serve the Chapters’ communities
• Nurture collaborative work among Chapters/Individual Members
• Enhance and utilize knowledge sharing in the global internet community and
• Encourage Chapters’ sustainability and relevance.

All the information about ISOC Community Grant Program is available here. ]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3541 2010-02-23T19:43:13Z 2010-02-23T19:48:33Z

The International Council on Human Rights Policy have published a draft report named The Widening Web of Control: A Human Rights Analysis of Public Policy Responses to Crime, Social Problems and Deviance, which is available for comments and review. The...

Kleier http://epic.org International Council on Human Rights Policy have published a draft report named The Widening Web of Control: A Human Rights Analysis of Public Policy Responses to Crime, Social Problems and Deviance, which is available for comments and review. The multidisciplinary project involved research in five different policy areas: public health/infectious diseases control; city and urban poor; punishment and incarceration; policing and surveillance; controls over migrant and non-citizens. ]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3528 2010-02-16T05:25:58Z 2010-02-16T15:25:25Z

An open consultation to discuss the agenda of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Vilnius was held in Geneva, Switzerland on February 9, 2010. During the consultation, a discussion on the desirability of the continuation of the IGF was introduced...

Kleier http://epic.org was introduced by Patrick Spearing from the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA). UNDESA is the Secretariat department having responsibility for the report containing the recommendations of the Secretary-General on the desirability of continuation of the forum. Mr Spearing recalled that "the forum was established by an UN General Assembly decision on the basis of the Tunis Agenda," and that "it will be the United Nations membership that determines whether or not to support its continuation." Mr Spearing further stressed that, "in order for the General Assembly to consider the recommendations of the Secretary-General, the report of the Secretary-General containing those recommendations must be submitted to the UN General Assembly at the 65th session later in 2010." Mr. Spearing also noted that the United Nations Economic and Social Council "has primary responsibility for relations among development actors and has a mechanism for consultation with nongovernmental organizations." ]]> UN Economic and Social Council rather than the UN Commission on Science and Technology. "The decision's aims is to get the Internet policy processes back under control of an intergovernmental regime and to silence non-governmental stakeholders, at least if it comes to public policy issues and decision making." Prof. Kleinwächter further stressed, "this is part of a bigger story to move backwards, to cancel openness, transparency and bottom up policy development process and to withdraw from the principle of "multistakeholderism." "This recognition of the principle of "multistakeholderism" in the Tunis Agenda 2005 was the biggest conceptual achievement in WSIS and was in particular accepted as a guiding principle for Internet Governance in contrast to a "one stakeholder (intergovernmental) approach," Prof. Kleinwächter added. The acceptance of civil society as an "equal partner" (in their specific role) was a big step for civil society, Prof. Kleinwächter emphasized. Switzerland as the President of the UN Commission on Science and Technology (CSTD) made a point concerning the multistakeholder approach. "The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology has the advantage of taking a broader approach to the multistakeholder aspect. By that I mean, that the CSTD also provides for consultations with the private sector, which UN Economic and Social Council does not do. And also with a broader view of consultations with civil society." Later in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly will decide if it should extend the Internet Governance Forum's initial five-year mandate, based on a review of its work as well as its achievements.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3515 2010-02-08T22:28:46Z 2010-02-09T17:47:58Z

The fifth Annual Meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010. The IGF was formed to support the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit...

Kleier http://epic.org Internet Governance Forum will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010. The IGF was formed to support the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society with regard to convening a new multi-stakeholder policy dialogue forum to discuss issues related to key elements of Internet governance. The IGF was established in July 2006 and since then four annual forums have been organized. A first round of open consultations will be held in Geneva on 9 February 2010 to take stock of the Sharm El Sheikh meeting and will discuss the agenda and the format of the Vilnius meeting. On February 10-11, a Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to the Internet Governance Secretariat will meet to discuss the preparation of the Vilnius meeting. Comments on the Substantive Program Agenda had been published online. The Remote Participation Working Group (RPWG) in cooperation with the IGF Secretariat will make available a moderated chat function for online interaction; the link is available here. The hashtag will be #IGF10. Katitza Rodriguez, The Public Voice Coordinator will be twittering from @thepublicvoice and @txitua. The Webcast of the open consultations will be available through this link.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3514 2010-02-08T22:05:09Z 2010-02-08T22:21:18Z

The Association for Progressive Communications has recently launched the “Network of Networks” project. It aims is to build a cross-issue network of organizations working in Internet public policy and with diverse campaigning experiences to ensure that the internet is free...

Kleier http://epic.org The Association for Progressive Communications has recently launched the “Network of Networks” project. It aims is to build a cross-issue network of organizations working in Internet public policy and with diverse campaigning experiences to ensure that the internet is free and open. The Association for Progressive Communications has created a first advisory group whose role will be to help identify initial strategic opportunities and potential partners and alliances. Katitza Rodriguez, Coordinator of The Public Voice Coalition has been invited to join the Advisory Group. A first planning meeting will be held in Geneva on February 8, one day before the first round of consultations for the 2010 United Nations Internet Governance Forum.]]> tag:thepublicvoice.org,2010://12.3513 2010-02-07T13:40:27Z 2010-02-08T17:36:05Z

Members of the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee recommended rejecting the data sharing agreement between the United States and Europe. "Parliament should withhold its consent to the EU's interim agreement on banking data transfers to the USA via the SWIFT...

Kleier http://epic.org European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee recommended rejecting the data sharing agreement between the United States and Europe. "Parliament should withhold its consent to the EU's interim agreement on banking data transfers to the USA via the SWIFT network", the Civil Liberties Committee suggested. The United States authorities have argued that access to that information is key to counter terrorism efforts. In 2006 Article 29 concluded that "SWIFT and the financial institutions in the EU have failed to respect the provisions of the EU Data Protection Directive." The deal will be put to a plenary vote in Strasbourg on February 11, 2010. The SWIFT deal allows the United States to access information collected by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). In 2009, the Brussels-based banking consortium "set up a storage center for its European data in Switzerland, which meant that intra-European data was stored only in Europe. Until then, the data had also been kept on a server in the United States. This new structure required the negotiation of a new agreement between the Commission and Council on the one hand and the United States on the other." For more information: SWIFT interim agreement: Civil liberties Committee to vote on 4 February. ]]>