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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Hello Richard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Thank you for your comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">As a note on the privacy mandate within ITU-T, this is an issue that came up in TSAG last year when SG20 was created. The TSAG Chairman requested that the Chairs of SG17 (security)
and SG20 (IoT) Chairs address security and privacy activities in SG20. In the correspondence report submitted to TSAG this year from the Chairs of SG20 and SG17 on this matter, the recommendation made was that SG17continue to focus on PII (personal Identifiable
information) and not on privacy which was noted was outside of the ITU’s scope. Furthermore, that any privacy work in SG20 should be limited to PII and be done in SG17. SG20 should only focus on use cases of security and privacy (PII). The report also noted
that privacy policies are sovereign and political matters, and that while </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">security measures can be standardized, privacy policy cannot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">At WTSA-16, there are new proposals for new privacy and trust activities in SG20. We will continue to follow this issue bearing in mind the recommendation made earlier
this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Best,<br>
Elizabeth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Richard Hill <rhill@hill-a.ch><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 12:53 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Audio Conferencing Conferencing Info <oluoch@isoc.org>, "chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [Chapter-delegates] WTSA 2016 begins this week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Elizabeth,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you for this, for the good blog post, and for the detailed issues matrix.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Regarding the potential regulatory or operational role of the ITU in the governance of the Internet, it is important to remember that neither WTSA, nor ITU-T Study Groups, agree binding documents.
They agree non-binding Resolutions and Recommendations. Of course states can make such non-binding documents binding, but that is a decision of individual states. So there is no regulation unless individual states decide to regulate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">And it is important to recall that international agreements can limit the power of states as well as expand them. For example, the ICCPR limits the power of states to restrict free speech.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">So, as usual, the devil is in the details, and it is important to look at the specific language of the proposals that will be discussed at WTSA, which is why your detailed issues matrix is germane.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Regarding that matrix, I have the following comments:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">1) Regarding the review of the ITRs, it is unlikely that any Study Groups would be able to agree on any specific inputs to the forthcoming ITRs , and they could anyway provide inputs even if
not specifically requested by WTSA. Further, anything that they come up with would be an input to the group that will review the ITRs, and that group would not necessarily agree with those inputs. So I don’t think that the resolutions regarding the review
of the ITRs would have much practical effect one way or the other. But you are right to flag the issue, because it is political, and will surely result in heated discussions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">2) Privacy is within the mandate of ITU, because it is in the ITU Constitution, which refers to it as Secrecy of Telecommunications. But you are right to flag the issue, because, in my view,
ITU’s mandate should be restricted to certain aspects of privacy (e.g. the secrecy of transmissions) and not be expanded to cover the full spectrum of issues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">3) Regarding various proposals to tell Study Groups to do this or that, in practice they will have little effect even if adopted, because ITU-T Study Groups work on the basis of inputs (which
ITU calls contributions) from the membership. If there are no contributions on a particular topic, then nothing happens, even if WTSA instructed the study group to do something. And any member can submit a contribution on any topic, so a particular topic
can be discussed (if everybody agrees) even if WTSA did not instruct the study group to discuss it. But you are right to flag the various proposals related to the Internet, because indeed they are intended to set the stage for future work and it is important
to see who wants what work done where.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Richard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Oluoch<br>
<b>Sent:</b> mardi, 25. octobre 2016 00:56<br>
<b>To:</b> chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] WTSA 2016 begins this week</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Dear Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 (<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16/Pages/default.aspx">WTSA-16</a>) begins on October 25<sup>th</sup> in
Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. The ISOC delegation will join ITU members (governments, private sector, non-governmental organizations, academia) in shaping the future direction of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization sector (ITU-T). One of our key messages
for delegates at WTSA-16 is that the work programs approved for the next study period should not lead to a regulatory or operational role of the ITU in the governance of the Internet. To get more insights into our other main objectives and the key issues that
we will be following at this meeting, we invite you to read our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/road-yasmine-hammamet-expectations-wtsa-16">
blog</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Additionally, please visit the
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA">WTSA-16 section</a> on our website for additional resources for this meeting including the
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix">ITU WTSA-16 Issues Matrix</a> with Co-signatures which reflects the Internet related resolutions that will be discussed at the meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Link to WTSA-16 section:
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA">http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Our delegation members are: Mark Buell, Jane Coffin, Petko Kantchev (ISOC Bulgaria), Verengai Mabika (ISOC Zimbabwe), Michuki Mwangi, Alejandro Pisanty (ISOC Mexico), Elizabeth
Oluoch and Sagarika Wickramasekera (ISOC Sri Lanka). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Finally, as the meeting progresses we will keep you informed of developments on the ground via the WTSA-16 section on our website as well as on this mailing list. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">We look forward to engaging with all of you over the course of the next several days.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Elizabeth
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