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1. Global Data Protection Commissioners welcome UN privacy announcement.
Press release by Vanya Vida
     [ https://www.privacyenforcement.net/node/518 ]
Media release by Chair, Executive Committee, International Conference of Data
Protection and Privacy Commissioners

9 April 2015

The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
today welcomed the recent announcement by the United Nations Human Rights
Council to appoint a special rapporteur on privacy for a period of three 
years.

The Conference Chair, John Edwards, hailed this as an historic step and
added:

“Data Protection and Privacy Authorities everywhere welcome the United
Nations taking a lead in seeking to ensure the promotion and protection of
privacy, especially given the challenges posed by new technologies.  

“The Conference has repeatedly resolved to encourage and support
international efforts to better protect privacy and stands ready to cooperate
fully with the Special Rapporteur to complete the mandate assigned by the
UN.”

*Background*

The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
first met in 1979 and has been the premier global forum for data protection
authorities for over 3 decades. The Conference seeks to provide leadership at
international level in data protection and privacy. It does this by
connecting the efforts of about 100 privacy and data protection authorities
from across the globe. Further details at www.icdppc.org [1].

The Conference Executive Committee includes members from France, Mauritius,
Netherlands, New Zealand and the USA. John Edwards, New Zealand Privacy
Commissioner, was elected as chair in 2014. The Executive Committee was given
an express mandate to represent the Conference in dialogue with the UN in a
Resolution on Privacy in the Digital Age [2] adopted at the 36th Conference
in 2014.

The UN Human Rights Council decision is available at
 www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/28/L.27 [3]

Enquiries regarding this media release may be directed to the Conference
Secretariat at ICDPPCExCo@privacy.org.nz [4].


[1] http://www.icdppc.org
[2]
http://icdppc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Resolution-Privacy-in-the-digital-age.pdf
[3] http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/28/L.27
[4] mailto:ICDPPCExCo@privacy.org.nz



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