[Chapter-delegates] Sign on letter for US organizations calling for #privacynowforall #GDPR4All

[Richard Hill]

Forwarding from another list.


Best,

Richard

 

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From: Burcu Kilic [mailto:bkilic at citizen.org] 
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2018 23:13
To: 
Subject: Sign on letter for US organizations calling for #privacynowforall
#GDPR4All

 

 

Sorry for cross-posting! 

 

 

Dear All, 

 

Public Citizen and the Center for Digital Democracy are asking the various
U.S. organizations to sign a letter calling on U.S. companies to adopt the
new European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a baseline
standard worldwide for all of their services, including in the United
States.  We are asking these companies to give real privacy protections now
to all of their customers! 

 

Sign the letter here <https://form.jotform.com/81204941682153>  and find out
more about the letter and the GDPR requirements.

The deadline for signing is Monday, May 14, 2:00PM. 

For more details see also below. 

 

Cheers, 

Burcu 

 

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Sign letter calling for #privacynowforall!

 

Dear Friends,

In just a few weeks, on May 25, 2018, the European Union's new data
protection regime will go into effect. The General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) regime is a revolution for consumer data protection.

We are asking you to sign a letter calling on U.S. companies to adopt the
new GDPR as a baseline standard worldwide for all of their services,
including in the U.S. The letter will be send to about 100 Internet
companies such as Amazon, Google and Uber, and the largest digital
advertisers, such as Nestle, Walmart, JPMorgan Chase.

By giving people strong privacy rights and effective control, the GDPR
rebalances gross power asymmetries between individuals and companies. The
GDPR puts effective limits on companies' data practices and on the gathering
and use of personal data. Most notably, it has strong oversight and
enforcement mechanisms that will keep companies accountable.

Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, it only applies to EU citizens' data. As
U.S. citizens and residents, we will have even fewer rights compared to
Europeans.

However, the global nature of the internet means that nearly every online
company is making changes to their data practices because of the GDPR. Since
companies will be providing these protections for hundreds of millions of
people in Europe, there is no question that they are capable of applying the
same protections worldwide.

So, the question is, why don't they? Why doesn't the GDPR apply to me? Why
should the GDPR not apply to all of us? Why not #GDPRforAll? We must demand
#privacynowforall!

We believe that these strong privacy standards should apply to everyone no
matter where they live.

Join coalition of privacy and digital rights advocates, racial justice,
civil and human rights groups. U.S. consumers and citizens and ask for
#privacynowforall!

The deadline for signing the letter is 2 pm EST Monday, May 14.

Sign the letter here <https://form.jotform.com/81204941682153>  and find out
more about the letter and the GDPR requirements.

Questions? Concerns? Suggestions? Shoot us an email ourdigitalrights [at]
citizen dot org <mailto:ourdigitalrights at citizen.org>  and gdpr [at]
democraticmedia dot org <mailto:gdpr at democraticmedia.org> 

 

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