Christine Runnegar is Senior Director, Internet Trust at the Internet Society. She leads the Internet Society’s policy agenda on Internet trust, engaging with policy, enforcement, standards and operational communities where important work on Internet trust issues is happening.
She’s actively engaged in global and regional Internet policy development with international and regional fora such as the OECD, APEC, Council of Europe, and the Global Conference on Cyberspace. Christine has positively influenced the outcome of leading policy norms on privacy and security for the Internet such as the revised OECD Privacy Guidelines, Digital Security Risk Recommendation, and the Internet Policy Making Principles. She also played a key role in the development of the Internet Society’s Collaborative Security framework.
Prior to joining the Internet Society in 2009, Christine was a Senior Executive Lawyer employed by the Australian Government Solicitor. As a lawyer for the Australian government, Christine worked in a variety of areas, principally in competition and consumer protection law, but also in administrative law, taxation law, privacy and freedom of information law, corporate regulation and commercial law, information technology, and communications law (specifically anti-spam law).
Christine holds Bachelor degrees in Economics, and Laws (with Honours) from the Australian National University. She is qualified to serve as a panelist to resolve .au domain name disputes under the .au Dispute Resolution Policy.
Latest posts
Encryption
4 June 2020
Making Intermediaries Liable for Encrypted Content Breaks Trust and Security
In December 2018, the Indian Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) proposed a significant change to its intermediary...
Encryption
17 April 2019
Leaders of the G7: A Safer World Means Strong, Secure Communication
In the recent G7 outcome document “Combating the use of the Internet for Terrorism and Violent Extremist Purposes“, Ministers...
Encryption
17 July 2018
Encryption Is Critical for the Australian Economy
On 17 July 2018, the Internet Society and its locally based chapter, Internet Australia, joined 75 organizations in signing...
Building Trust
6 July 2017
Hit Pause: Take a Moment to Reflect on the Repercussions of the Recent Ransomware Attacks
As these devastating global ransomware attacks illustrate, cybersecurity is not an issue that can be ignored. Any time a...
Privacy
21 April 2017
Join forces to eliminate spam – read the new report from the CRTC
What are the best ways to reduce spam? How can we work together to reduce this threat and create...
Human Rights
27 January 2017
Shield & Sword – 10 tips to protect yourself online
Last weekend, millions joined the Women’s March in the US and across the world. They stood up for their...