[bestbits] Privacy vs National Security

[Carolina Rossini]

The survey found that:

Most global citizens favour enabling law enforcement to access private
online conversations if they have valid national security reasons to do so,
or if they are investigating an individual suspected of committing a crime.
The survey also found that a majority of respondents do not want companies
to develop technologies that would undermine law enforcement’s ability to
access much needed data.

   - Seven in ten (70%) global citizens agree that law enforcement agencies
   should have a right to access the content of their citizens’ online
   communications for valid national security reasons, including 69% of
   Americans and 65% of Canadians who agree.


   - When someone is suspected of a crime, 85% of global citizens agree
   that governments should be able to find out who their suspects communicated
   with online, including 80% of Americans who agree.


   - More contentious is the idea of whether companies should be allowed to
   develop technologies that prevent law enforcement from accessing the
   content of an individual’s online conversations. On this issue, 63% agree
   that companies should not develop this technology, including 60% of
   Americans, and 57% of Canadians whom are most likely to agree with this
   statement.
   -


National security interests override digital privacy: CIGI-Ipsos global
survey of online citizens

Press Release
SEAN ZOHAR <https://www.cigionline.org/person/sean-zohar> AND TAMMY BENDER
<https://www.cigionline.org/person/tammy-bender>
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

*Waterloo, Ontario, Canada** – Wednesday, March 2, 2016 –* As new battles
continue to emerge between national governments and private companies in
the domains of national security and privacy, the results of a new survey,
commissioned by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
and conducted by global research company Ipsos across 24 countries find
that most global citizens favour enabling law enforcement to access private
online conversations if they have valid national security reasons to do so,
or if they are investigating an individual suspected of committing a crime.

The study – titled the *2016 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security
and Trust* – comes at a time when tech giant Apple is defying the F.B.I.’s
orders to assist in accessing data stored in an iPhone owned by one of the
two suspects who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in
December.

According to responses, most global citizens say law-enforcement agencies
should have a right to access the online communications of its citizens
(70%), especially those suspected of a crime (85%). As the Apple case
unfolds today, 60% of Americans and 63% of internet users in 24 different
countries think that companies should not develop technologies that prevent
law enforcement from accessing the content of a user’s online data.

The survey of 24,143 users was conducted in 24 countries between the dates
of November 20 and December 4, 2015 in: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,
Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea,
Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States.

“The findings in this survey shine an important light on the nexus between
trust, national security, and privacy in the increasingly dark and
ungoverned space of the Internet,” said Fen Hampson, Director of CIGI’s
Global Security & Politics Program & Co-Director of the Global Commission
on Internet Governance. “Some of the most pressing challenges that the
international community faces today live in this interconnection, and
continue to illuminate the need for innovative governance solutions.”

The survey further found that, when someone is suspected of a crime, 85% of
global citizens agree (49% strongly/37% somewhat) that governments should
be able to find out who their suspects are communicating with online,
including 80% of Americans who agree. Residents of Nigeria (95%) and
Tunisia (93%) are most likely to agree with this position, while those in
South Korea (67%) and Japan (70%) are by far the last likely to agree.

"The findings in this survey shine an important light on the nexus between
trust, national security, and privacy in the increasingly dark and
ungoverned space of the Internet "

More contentious is the idea of whether companies should be allowed to
develop technologies that prevent law enforcement from accessing the
content of an individual’s online conversations. On this issue, 63% agree
(26% strongly/36% somewhat) that companies should not develop this
technology, including 60% of Americans. Those in China (74%) and India
(74%) are most likely to agree, while only a minority of South Koreans
(46%) believe companies should not do this.

“Public attention today is focused on national security and digital
privacy. When it comes to national security, Americans and Canadians, as
well as global citizens from 24 countries believe that digital privacy
considerations come secondary to their own government’s pursuit of keeping
their home country safe,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs
& CIGI Senior Fellow.

*QUICK FACTS ON ATTITUDES OF INTERNET USERS*

*On national security & trust:*

   - 70% agree that law enforcement should have a right to access content
   of citizens’ online communications for valid national security reasons.
   - Countries such as Tunisia (84%), Nigeria (82%), India (82%), Sweden
   (80%) and Great Britain (80%) are most likely to agree that law enforcement
   should have the right to access content of citizens’ online communications
   for national security reasons.
   - Seven in ten Americans (69%) and 65% of Canadians agree that law
   enforcement should have a right to access content of citizens’ online
   communications for valid national security reasons.
   - 85% agree governments should be able to find out who their suspects
   communicated with online when suspected of a crime.

*On national security & digital privacy:*

   - 63% agree (26% strongly/36% somewhat) that companies should not
   develop technologies that prevent law enforcement from accessing the
   content of an individual’s online conversations, including 60% of
   Americans, and 57% of Canadians.
   - Residents of North America (58%) are least likely to agree, while
   those living somewhere in the G-8 (61%), Middle East and Africa (63%), Asia
   Pacific (63%), Latin America (64%), Europe (64%) or BRIC (69%) are more
   likely to agree.

*ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:*

For more information and to see additional data collected as part of
the *CIGI-Ipsos
Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust*, please visit:
www.cigionline.org/internet-survey-2016

*MEDIA CONTACT:*
Sean Zohar, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.497.9112 Email: szohar at cigionline.org

Tammy Bender, Communications Manager, CIGI
Tel: 519.998.1861 Email:  tbender at cigionline.org

The* Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)* is an
independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by
experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports
research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for
multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of
research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes
collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the
world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research
In Motion (BlackBerry), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges
support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government
of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit
www.cigionline.org.


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*Carolina Rossini *
*Vice President, International Policy*
*Public Knowledge*
*http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>*
+ 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
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