<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; ">Civil Society Groups and Privacy Experts Release Madrid Declaration, Reaffirm International Privacy Laws, Identify New Challenges and Call for Concrete Action to Safeguard Privacy</span></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="asset-header"> <div class="asset-meta"> <span class="byline"> By <a href="http://csisac.org/structure.php">Liason</a> on November 3, 2009 12:49 PM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://thepublicvoice.org/2009/11/civil-society-groups-and-privacy-expertes-release-madrid-declaration-reaffirm-international-privacy.php">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div class="asset-content"> <div class="asset-body"><p>In a crisply worded declaration, over 100 civil society organizations and privacy experts from more than 40 countries have set out an expansive statement on the future of privacy. The Madrid Declaration affirms that privacy is a fundamental human right and reminds "all countries of their obligations to safeguard the civil rights of their citizens and residents." <a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/">The Madrid Declaration</a> warns that "privacy law and privacy institutions have failed to take full account of new surveillance practices." The Declaration urges countries "that have not yet established a comprehensive framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection authority to do so as expeditiously as possible." The civil society groups and experts recommend a "moratorium on the development or implementation of new systems of mass surveillance." Finally, the Declaration calls for the "establishment of a new international framework for privacy protection, with the full participation of civil society, that is based on the rule of law, respect for fundamental human rights, and support for democratic institutions." The Madrid Declaration was released at the Public Voice conference in Madrid <a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/events/madrid09/">on Global Privacy Standards</a>. <a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/events/madrid09/">Multiple translations</a> of the Declaration are available.</p><p>Please send your signature at privacy @ datos-personales.org </p><p>If you want to help with some translations, pls. send an email to privacy @ datos-personales.org </p><p>We are recruiting signatures until January 28, International Privacy Day.</p><p><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/2009/11/civil-society-groups-and-privacy-expertes-release-madrid-declaration-reaffirm-international-privacy.php">http://thepublicvoice.org/2009/11/civil-society-groups-and-privacy-expertes-release-madrid-declaration-reaffirm-international-privacy.php</a></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Madrid mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Madrid@mailman.thepublicvoice.org">Madrid@mailman.thepublicvoice.org</a><br>http://mailman.thepublicvoice.org/listinfo.cgi/madrid-thepublicvoice.org<br></div><br></body></html>