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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>ISOC should definitely be more active in this area. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Lack of Trust over the internet is a global challenge today.
India too is facing a similar challenge today, especially with the discussions
of making Adhaar (the unique identification number) mandatory for almost all
government services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>ISOC along with the help of the Chapters can create awareness
amongst the governments and other stakeholders on the subject – the issues –
globally and for specific nations, best practices adopted by countries, etc.. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Further, ISOC may also contemplate in producing a best practice
guideline on the subject, which can be shared with governments and key
stakeholders in the respective nations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Amrita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>ISOC Delhi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GingerEndOfDocBM"></a><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates
[mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard
Hill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 10, 2017 8:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'ISOC Chapter Delegates'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] Ensuring interoperability of data
protection mechanisms and adoption of best practices at the national level<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Chapters
Advisory Council Steering</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Committee</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>has requested that the information below be posted to the Chapter
Delegates list, with a request for comments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Richard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>------------</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>DESCRIPTION:</span></b>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is an
exchange of messages on the Internet policy list, concluding with a question
for consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Regarding data
protection, here are two points to ponder on:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 1.
Companies may have different business models and purpose for information
gathering. But that is rarely articulated for public. Question is: Who is going
to monitor and enforce that companies adhere to the business model and do not
misuse such private information?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 2. In
case of private and sensitive information gathering from a subject, the subject
is likely to be aware of it, or should be cautious about it. However,
distribution of such gathered information and its derivative is beyond the
knowledge of most of such subjects. Question is: Should the distributors of
personal & private information be given a free hand?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The answer to
both questions may be data protection officials in countries. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The problem:
more than 100 countries have no data protection legislation or regulations at
all. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx"><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1A74BA'>United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'> (UNCTAD) is increasingly looking into this, trying to help the
member states from developing countries evaluate their options to improve
national regimes. There's an excellent report on the subject from UNCTAD at:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><a
href="http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlstict2016d1_en.pdf"><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1A74BA'>http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlstict2016d1_en.pdf</span></a>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This is an area</span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>where some think
the ISOC community should be far more active in, ensuring interoperability of
data protection mechanisms and adoption of best practices at the national
level. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The technical
community would have real and substantial value to add in how to match theory
of protection with technology in application. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Question:
should we consider recommending that ISOC be more active in this area, and if
so, in what ways?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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