Internet Governance in April 2016 26 April 2016 Main events in - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Internet Governance in April 2016 26 April 2016

Main events in April 3-6 Apr: Global Privacy Summit 2016 (Washington DC) 3-8 Apr: IETF 95 (Buenos Aires) 4-6 Apr: IGF Open Consultations and MAG meeting (Geneva) 5-6 Apr: Launch of Council of Europe's Strategy for the Rights of the Child (Sofia) 7 Apr: 7th Russian IGF (Moscow) 16-18 Apr: Open Geneva Hackathon 2016 (Geneva) 18 Apr: UNCTAD E-Commerce Week (Geneva) 20-22 Apr: WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market (Geneva) 22 Apr: South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) (Belgrade) 25 Apr: Technological Innovation for Digital Policy Issues (Geneva) Visit http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events for details... 26 April 2016 | 2

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Security • Russia-India- China: reaffirm UN’s key role in cybersecurity; support the adoption of universal rules on state behaviour • US-Russia renew efforts to prevent countries from mistakenly attributing attacks to each other • Mobile apps & Internet services (incl. Whatsapp, Viber, Wordpress) switch on encryption • Panama Papers leak: breach exploited a common website vulnerability IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 6

Privacy & human rights • EU-US Privacy Shield: Article 29 Working Party has serious concerns over complexity, and public authorities’ access to data • EU adopts GDPR: more user control of data, right to request erasure of data, right to data portability. Implementation is main challenge • Council of Europe adopts Recommendation on Internet Freedom; European Convention on Human Rights applies both offline and online • UNCTAD’s report on data protection regulations suggests core set of principles as starting point for more compatibility & harmonisation… IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 7

UNCTAD: Data protection core principles 26 April 2016 | 8

Global IG architecture • G7: Joint Communiqué expresses concern over threats posed by terrorists’ use of the Internet and social networks; reconfirms that existing international law applies to cyberspace; reaffirms commitment to multistakeholder approach • 11th IGF will be in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 6-9 December IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 9

Sustainable development • G7 Foreign Ministers commit to ‘utilizing ICTs in addressing global issues and achieving progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ • Online discussions on science, technology, and innovation for SDGs are ongoing; discussions will feed into the first multistakeholder forum on science, technology, and innovation for SDGs (New York, 6-7 June) IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 10

Infrastructure • The telecom regulatory authority in Morocco is sued for blocking VoIP services. Agency said foreign entities did not have the necessary telecoms licenses to operate • European Commission launches European Cloud Initiative, which will see creation of European Open Science Cloud (virtual environment for & science professionals to host/share data), & deployment of a European Data Infrastructure • Spam volumes continue to decrease (report from Trustwave) IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 11

Net Neutrality • White House threatens to veto passage of anti-net neutrality bill; the bill could remove US FCC’s authority to set broadband rates or review whether a rate is reasonable • Egypt’s decision to block Facebook’s Internet.org came after the company refused to accede to surveillance requests, Reuters reveals IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 12

E-commerce and Internet economy • European Commission: Google has breached EU anti-trust rules by abusing dominant position in Europe & imposing restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators • UNCTAD’s E -Commerce Week: data protection, e- trade, measuring e-commerce. Launch of Data Protection Report, & B2C E-commerce Index • WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market: sustainability and emerging economic models of the digital content IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 13

UNCTAD’s B2C E -commerce Index 2016: Top 10 economies 26 April 2016 | 14

Jurisdiction and legal issues • EU’s new GDPR expands its territorial reach to non-EU entities processing the personal data of Europeans • One-stop shop under GDPR: where a company has multiple establishments in different EU countries, it will fall under responsibility of lead authority in the country of the company’s main establishment IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 15

IANA Transition • ICANN and Verisign will run parallel test of root zone management system for 90 days, to verify the integrity of data contained in root zone file following the transition • Ongoing call for comments on ICANN’s new draft bylaws; draft reflects recommendations contained in the IANA stewardship transition proposal and in the accountability proposal IG Barometer: 26 April 2016 | 16

Main events in May 1-7 May: Fast Africa - Action Week for Internet Rights (throughout Africa) 2-6 May: WSIS Forum 2016 (Geneva) 2-6 May: LACNIC 25 (Havana) 9-13 May: CSTD 19th Session (Geneva) 10-12 May: 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (Boston) 11-14 May: ITU-D Global Symposium for Regulators 2016 (Sharm el-Sheikh) 17 May: Belarus Internet Governance Forum (Minsk) 23-26 May: 37th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (San Jose) 23-27 May: RIPE 72 (Copenhagen) 24 May: Swiss IGF (Bern) 25 May-2 June: ITU Council: 2016 Session (Geneva) Visit http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events for details... 26 April 2016 | 17

From the Geneva Internet Platform & DiploFoundation Past events… 8 April: Presentation of Cybersecurity Competence Building Trends study (follow-up webinar on 19 April) 25 April: Conference on Technical Innovation for Digital Policy Ongoing… Leading up to WSIS Forum 2016: Live updates and reporting will be provided on GIP Digital Watch observatory Upcoming… 30 April: Issue 10 of the Geneva Digital Watch newsletter 2 May: Discussion: Engaging Digital Actors - Fostering Effective Digital Policy - Monitoring Digital Governance (Geneva & online, during WSIS Forum 2016) 4 May: Discussion: Ensuring Civil Society's Voice is Heard in ICANN (Geneva) 31 May: Next briefing on Internet governance (Geneva, hubs, online) 26 April 2016 | 18

Regional updates Local hubs & regional perspectives 26 April 2016 | 19

Next steps… Time for your questions & suggestions 26 April 2016 | 20