As supporters of the Madrid Declaration, we are calling on national governments to suspend the deployment of body scanners until a full evaluation of the technology is completed. As the Declaration states, we:
"Call for a moratorium on the development or implementation of new systems of mass surveillance, including facial recognition, whole body imaging, biometric identifiers, and embedded RFID tags, subject to a full and transparent evaluation by independent authorities and democratic debate;"
The Madrid Declaration is a substantial document that reaffirms international instruments for privacy protection, identifies new challenges, and recommends specific actions.
Recommended Actions:
JOIN - Facebook Group: Stop Airport Strip Searches
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=179598280013&ref=mf
ENDORSE - Privacy Coalition: Sign the Petition to the US Congress
http://privacycoalition.org/stopwholebodyimaging/
ENDORSE: Madrid Privacy Declaration
http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/
SIGN - International Boycott of Body Scanners (IBBS)
http://www.petitiononline.com/IBBS/petition.html
SIGN - UK Petition to abandon the proposed rollout of airport body scanners.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AirportScanners/
POST - Stop Digital Strip Searches image
http://imperialkingdom.net/images/graphics/nakedmachine.jpg
Reference materials:
Madrid Privacy Declaration
http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/
EPIC, Whole Body Imaging Technology
http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/
EPIC, Spotlight on Surveillance
http://epic.org/privacy/surveillance/spotlight/0605/
Privacy International, "statement on proposed deployments of body
scanners in airports"
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-565802
TSA, Imaging Technology
http://www.tsa.gov/approach/tech/imaging_technology.shtm
Michael Chertoff ("Former homeland security chief argues for whole-body imaging")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123101746.html
This is a listing of events which may be useful for civil society to participate, connect and network on issues relating to information and communication technologies and policies.
The Public Voice Conference:
"Privacy Rights are a Global Challenge"
The Public Voice
Punta del Este
Uruguay
October 22, 2012
The Public Voice Civil Society Meeting: "Next Generation Privacy Challenges and Opportunities"
Lillie Coney, Chair
EPIC Associate Director
The Public Voice
Jerusalem
October 25, 2010
Madrid - Spain. The Public Voice: Global Privacy Standards in a Global World
November 3, 2009
Sharm El Sheikh - Egypt. United Nations. IV Internet Governance Forum November 15-18, 2009
OECD 2008 Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy
Civil Society Privacy Conference
Montreal
Sept. 25, 2007
OECD Participative Web Forum
Ottawa
Oct. 3, 2007
Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society Internet Governance Caucus »
The Public Voice Conference:
"Our Data, Our Lives"
The Public Voice
Warsaw
Poland
September 24, 2012