Internet: Privacy and Digital Content in a Global Context

May 21, 2014by Lianna Galstyan

Opening

• Frederic Donck, Regional Bureau Director – Europe, Internet Society

Welcome notes. Impressed by readiness of Internet Society officers to help local reps organize the conference

• Leyla Keser, Director of IT Law Institute, Istanbul Bilgi University

She represented the Turkish Legislation proposal to be accepted in accordance with the EU rules on Internet Regulation

Privacy and Data Protection

• Establishment of a governmental special body to deal with privacy and data protection

• Not so obvious that it would be possible to provide privacy and data protection at all on a general user level

• Necessary to teach common people from schoolage to keep their info private and exploit right ‘to be forgotten’

Personal Contacts

• Informed Frederic Donck and Markus Kummer, VP of Public Policy on creation of Permanent IGF body in Armenia and preliminary invited them to the 1st IGF meeting in Armenia whenever it will be organized

• Sophie Kwasny, Council of Europe on Data Protection Human Rights and Rule of Law – interested in IGF issues in Armenia and ISOC AM activities