<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">International Privacy Day: Real Problems, Real Solutions</div></div><div><div><div class="note_header"><div class="note_title_share clearfix"><div class="note_title">----------------------------------</div><div class="note_title"><br></div></div></div><div class="note_content text_align_ltr direction_ltr clearfix"><div>January 28 is International Privacy Day, the day that the first international convention for privacy was signed. Many groups around the world are celebrating this day.<br><br>As supporters of the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=265398557761&h=aaad1997b58e9ee80ab7bd223ab58bc6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepublicvoice.org%2Fmadrid-declaration" target="_blank" title="http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration">Madrid Declaration</a>, we are calling on national governments to ratify the Privacy Convention 108.<br><br>As the Declaration states, we urge countries:<br><br>- "that have not ratified Council of Europe Convention 108 together with the Protocol of 2001 to do so as expeditiously as possible."<br><br>- "that have not yet established a comprehensive framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection authority to do so as expeditiously as possible;"<br><br>- "that have established legal frameworks for privacy protection to ensure effective implementation and enforcement, and to cooperate at the international and regional level;"<br><br>The Madrid Privacy Declaration is a substantial document that reaffirms international instruments for privacy protection, identifies new challenges, and call for concrete actions.<br><br><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=265398557761&h=a1299d4404f6c83045ec821551c9f104&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthepublicvoice.org%2Fmadrid-declaration%2Fendorsement%2Fdefault.php" target="_blank" title="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/endorsement/default.php">More than 300</a> privacy and consumer experts and organizations around the globe have signed the Declaration. <br><br><br><b>ACTIONS:</b><br><ol><br><li><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=265398557761&h=aaad1997b58e9ee80ab7bd223ab58bc6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepublicvoice.org%2Fmadrid-declaration" target="_blank" title="http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration">ENDORSE: The Madrid Privacy Declaration.</a> Spread the word. <a href="http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration">http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration</a></li><li><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=265398557761&h=790afb7d17ba943323d2a78c6cfa6fcc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FInternational-Privacy-Day%2F264341804606" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606">INVITE your friends. BECOME a Fan</a>. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606">http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606</a> </li><li>TWEET: International #Privacy Day: Real Problems, Real Solutions #privacyday #dpd <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606">http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Privacy-Day/264341804606</a> </li><li>BLOG: About "January 28: International Privacy Day. Real Problems, Real Solutions" and celebrate the anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Data Protection.</li><li>PROMOTE: The ¨Privacy - January 28¨ banner. <a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/privacy-day.jpg">http://thepublicvoice.org/privacy-day.jpg</a></li><li>POST: A Privacy Video.</li><li>ORGANIZE: A campaign.</li><li>WATCH: A movie. Here are a few of our favorites<br>-"Gattaca," "Enemy of the State," "The Lives of Others," "Eagle Eye¨</li></ol></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br></body></html>