On the subject of privacy, as raised in the the EWG report: We completely agree that:“As a major player in the ecosystem of the Internet, as the multi-‐stakeholder group which sets policy for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information related to domain names, it is important for ICANN to show corporate responsibility in promoting global compliance with best practices in data protection.”As noted in the EWG report, “the European Union has now agreed on what needs to be found in binding corporate rules for international corporations and entities which hold and transfer personal data”(page32). This will be a critical step forward when ICANN adopts it at the request of the EWG. It will create better compliance with the data protection laws in the many countries that have these national laws, including Japan, S.Korea, Canada and the European Union nations. Given the current crisis in Internet governance, it is high time that ICANN indicated its global understanding of relevant data protection law around the world, and adopted binding corporate rules that harmonize its data protection practices in a manner that meets the standards expected by the many jurisdictions with data protection law. While we note that the issue of binding corporate rules is under discussion at the EU in the context of impending data protection regulation, this is no reason for ICANN to refrain from moving forward, as an international organization operating in jurisdictions with data protection law that applies not just to customers, but to staff and volunteers as well. This action is long overdue and we applaud the EWG for raising it. We will work on any PDP that is struck to implement this proposal, and we encourage the Board to show leadership in this time of Internet crisis and adopt a less US-based stance to the issue of data protection. The global community is looking for true globalization initiatives, this is a good one and an easy one.
Cheers Stephanie
On 2014-03-12, at 9:14 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
Hi Stephanie,
thanks for the comment, it reminds when we suggested to ICANN board and CEO to investigate the possibility to join GNI (Global Network Initiative) framework for example.
can you please phrase your comment in short description so we can use it during the discussion?
we have netmundial proposal too .
Best,
Rafik