A report from a roundtable organised by the Internet Society at the WSIS Forum on 16 May 2012 at Geneva, Switzerland.
The WSIS Forum 2012 offered a timely opportunity to bring together insights and ideas from various initiatives presently underway across the world to review, modernise and/or develop new approaches to privacy to keep pace with the evolving global data environment. Building on that experience sharing, this roundtable explored potential gaps in current frameworks, issues surrounding interoperability, and some possible ways forward.
The panelists
- Joesph Alhadeff, VP Global Policy and Chief Privacy Strategist, Oracle
- Michael Donohue, Senior Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Petru Dumitriu, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Geneva and Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
- Christine Runnegar, Senior Policy Advisor, Internet Society (on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Electronic Commerce Steering Group Data Privacy Sub-Group)
- Cristos Velasco, Founder and Director of the North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce (NACPEC) and Founder and Director of Protección Datos México (ProtDataMx), México
- Rigo Wenning, Staff Counsel and Privacy Activity Lead, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Mika Yamanaka on behalf of Ms. Xianhong Hu, Division for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Communication and Information Sector, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
The moderator
Christine Runnegar, Senior Policy Advisor, Internet Society