[governance] Congratulations

[Katitza Rodriguez]

  (Abstracts from Privacy & Human Rights Report. A survey of privacy  
law and developments in 78 countries. (forthcoming).

Countries that host the Olympics increasingly ignore privacy  
considerations in their preparation for the Games and beyond in the  
name of security and counterterrorism. Violations of individuals’  
privacy under constitutional, statutory, and international frameworks  
range from the loss of anonymity in public places to the inability to  
communicate and associate freely with others. The coverage and  
capabilities of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) has risen  
dramatically from the Games in Athens, Greece to the recent ones in  
Beijing, China. Technological advances incorporate CCTV surveillance  
systems with those related to electronic wiretapping, identification  
systems, and intelligence sharing. These purported counterterrorism  
measures have been developed and implemented with the assistance of  
foreign governments, some of which claim to support transparency and  
democratic values. The record US$ 6.4 billion dollars China was spent  
on surveillance equipment for the Games in Beijing represents a  
greater than fourfold increase compared to the ones in Athens.[1] The  
damage to individuals’ privacy rights and civil liberties continues  
beyond the Closing Ceremonies.

(...)


[1] Dexter Roberts, “China: Bombings Add to Olympics Terrorism Fears,”  
BusinessWeek, July 28, 2008, available at <http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb20080728_898768.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily 
 >; see also Minas Samatas, “Security and Surveillance in the Athens  
2004 Olympics”, available at <http://icj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/220 
 >


On Oct 4, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:

> Thanks, mate! After Wolf's message, I cannot stop thinking about what
> the Net and media will be in seven years, and how this will reflect in
> the 2016 Olympics.
>
> --c.a.
>
> Paul Wilson wrote:
>> Reminds me of ECO '92, UNCED, or the United Nations Earth Summit in  
>> Rio,
>> where Carlos Afonso's organisation Alternex was instrumental in  
>> bringing
>> in one of the first permanent Internet connections (64kbps I think)  
>> in
>> the country. Numerous APC folk, including Ian Peter and myself, were
>> there to help, promoting the wonders of this new technology to  
>> delegates
>> at the Summit.
>>
>> It's nice to see we've come a little way since then.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> --On 2 October 2009 8:56:49 PM +0200 "\"Kleinwächter, Wolfgang\""
>> <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:
>>
>>> To all our Barzilian members:
>>>
>>> Congratulations to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. This will be Olympic  
>>> Games
>>> which can be followed not only by TV and radio but by billions of
>>> Internet Users worldwide. Lets waoit and see how Rio comes with new
>>> Internet innovations until 2016. :-)))
>>> Wolfgang
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