Hi all For your documentation; below a weekly web review containing some articles and informations relating to main subjects of this ending week: IANA transition, Middle East DNS Forum, Mobile World Congress 2015, UNESCO Internet Conference, Net neutrality, Data protection, etc.... ICANN Asia driving the global Internet connections, says ICANNhttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/asia-driving-the-global-internet-connections-says-icann/articleshow/46530097.cms Looking at India to take leadership in Internet governance: ICANN http://bharatpress.com/2015/03/11/looking-at-india-to-take-leadership-in-internet-governance-icann/ What we learned in Singapore https://www.icann.org/news/blog/what-we-learned-in-singapore "L" root server copy installation in Venezuela: Interview with Gregorio Manzano (i) https://www.icann.org/news/blog/l-root-server-copy-installation-in-venezuela-interview-with-gregorio-manzano-i Fellows Announced for ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-06-en IANA TRANSITION The economic case for vertical separation of IANA http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/03/09/the-economic-case-for-vertical-separation-of-iana/ "No Legal Basis for IANA Transition": A Post-Mortem Analysis of Senate Committee Hearing http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150309_no_legal_basis_for_iana_transition_post_mortem_senate_hearing/ Congress Tries To Stop the IANA Transition — But Does It? http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/12/congress-tries-to-stop-the-iana-transition-but-does-it/ ICANN Should Not Ululate Over "Booking.com" IRP Outcome: Decision Exposes Failure of Accountability http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150307_icann_should_not_ululate_over_bookingcom_irp_outcome_decision/ MIDDLE EAST DNS FORUM Only 20 out of 500 top-level Internet domains are in Arabic — ICANN http://jordantimes.com/only-20-out-of-500-top-level-internet-domains-are-in-arabic----icann Middle East DNS Forum Covers DNSSEC – Let’s Fill In The Map! http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/03/middle-east-dns-forum-covers-dnssec/ Second Middle East DNS Forum Launches in Jordan http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Media_Center/Latest_News/News/3480 WSIS+10 Governing the Net: 10 years on from WSIS http://blog.apnic.net/2015/03/11/governing-the-net-10-years-on-from-wsis/ MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS Mobile World Congress '15 in review: It's all about virtual reality http://fortune.com/2015/03/09/mwc-oculus-htc-vr/ The top 8 enterprise apps from Mobile World Congress http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/10/the-top-8-enterprise-apps-from-mobile-world-congress/ Mobile World Congress 2015: The Reign in Spain http://www.neustar.biz/blog/mwc-2015-the-reign-in-spain UNESCO INTERNET CONFERENCE Outcome document The “CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action” Conference held at UNESCO Headquarters 3-4 March 2015 http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/outcome_document.pdf ICC underlines business views on UNESCO internet conference http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2015/ICC-underlines-business-views-on-UNESCO-Internet-study/ No, Democracy is Not Excess Baggage http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/03/11/no-democracy-is-not-excess-baggage/ CYBERSECURITY Cybersecurity And The Future Digital Economy http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/10/cybersecurity-and-the-future-digital-economy/ Washington’s cybersecurity is about surveillance, not security http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/3/washingtons-cybersecurity-is-about-surveillance-not-security.html Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power http://www.itworld.com/article/2894051/why-israel-could-be-the-next-cybersecurity-world-power.html Cybersecurity booms on Wall Street http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/235142-cybersecurity-booms-on-wall-street Big data sends cybersecurity back to the future http://www.computerworld.com/article/2893656/the-future-of-cybersecurity-big-data-and-data-science.html BIG DATA Hacked Fridges Aren’t the Internet of Things’ Biggest Worry http://www.wired.com/2015/03/hacked-fridges-arent-internet-things-biggest-worry … 3 reasons to be wary of the Internet of Things http://www.cio.com/article/2895398/internet/3-reasons-to-be-wary-of-the-internet-of-things.html … Time to Focus on the Twin Pillars of Big Data 2.0 http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/03/12/time-to-focus-on-the-twin-pillars-of-big-data-2-0/ … PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION REFILE-EU ministers to give more power to pan-European data protection body http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/eu-dataprotection-idUSL5N0WF1L720150313 … EU to sign off on data protection regulation http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eu-to-sign-off-on-data-protection-regulation-667372.html … Ireland’s data protection neutrality questioned by EU heavyweights http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/irelands-data-protection-neutrality-questioned-by-eu-heavyweights-318231.html … The Internet of Things and privacy in Europe and the USA http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d4b94eb7-fdca-4e5d-81c4-0477dbfe3e4d Privacy and data protection in the Marco Civil da Internet (Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet Bill) http://www.privacylatam.com/?p=239 EU: Data Protection Broken Badly http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/72355 EU data protection rules shake-up set to rile US tech groups http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a152471a-c80b-11e4-8210-00144feab7de.html#axzz3UBlCROIt Privacy advocates worry ahead of EU data protection talks http://www.pcworld.com/article/2894392/privacy-advocates-worry-ahead-of-eu-data-protection-talks.html NET NEUTRALITY These are the FCC's full rules for protecting net neutrality http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/12/8116237/net-neutrality-rules-open-internet-order-released Europe’s Net Neutrality Sense http://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-net-neutrality-sense-1426030850 Five 2016 Republicans Oppose Net Neutrality http://time.com/3737530/2016-republicans-net-neutrality/ FCC Open Internet Rules http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150310_fcc_open_internet_rules/ INTERNET OF THINGS The Internet of Things and privacy in Europe and the USA http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d4b94eb7-fdca-4e5d-81c4-0477dbfe3e4d DOMAIN NAME Eight Other New gTLDs Delegated, Including .Jafa, .Xin and .Chloe http://www.domainnews.com/eight-other-new-gtlds-delegated-including-jafa-xin-and-chloe.html ICANN, copyright infringement, and “the public interest” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/09/icann-copyright-infringement-and-the-public-interest/ ICANN: IDN ccTLD Request from Macao Successfully Passes String Evaluation http://www.domainnews.com/icann-idn-cctld-request-from-macao-successfully-passes-string-evaluation.html Hollywood Asks Domain Registrars to Censor the Web for Intellectual Property Infringement https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/03/hollywood-asks-domain-registrars-censor-web-copyright-infringment Owners bullish on domain name values in 2015 http://domainnamewire.com/2015/03/10/owners-bullish-on-domain-name-values-in-2015/