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The Madrid Privacy Declaration
Global Privacy Standards for a Global World
3 November 2009
Affirming that privacy is a fundamental human right set out
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other human rights
instruments and national constitutions;
Reminding the EU member countries of their obligations to
enforce the provisions of the 1995 Data Protection Directive and the
2002 Electronic Communications Directive;
Reminding the other OECD member countries of their obligations to uphold the principles set out in the 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines;
Reminding all countries of their obligations to safeguard
the civil rights of their citizens and residents under the provisions
of their national constitutions and laws, as well as international
human rights law;
Anticipating the entry into force of provisions
strengthening the Constitutional rights to privacy and data protection
in the European Union;
Noting with alarm the dramatic expansion of secret and
unaccountable surveillance, as well as the growing collaboration
between governments and vendors of surveillance technology that
establish new forms of social control;
Further noting that new strategies to pursue copyright and
unlawful content investigations pose substantial threats to
communications privacy, intellectual freedom, and due process of law;
Further noting the growing consolidation of Internet-based
services, and the fact that some corporations are acquiring vast
amounts of personal data without independent oversight;
Warning that privacy law and privacy institutions have
failed to take full account of new surveillance practices, including
behavioral targeting, databases of DNA and other biometric identifiers,
the fusion of data between the public and private sectors, and the
particular risks to vulnerable groups, including children, migrants,
and minorities;
Warning that the failure to safeguard privacy jeopardizes
associated freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of
assembly, freedom of access to information, non-discrimination, and
ultimately the stability of constitutional democracies;
Civil Society takes the occasion of the 31st annual meeting of the
International Conference of Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners
to:
(1) Reaffirm support for a global framework of Fair Information
Practices that places obligations on those who collect and process
personal information and gives rights to those whose personal
information is collected;
(2) Reaffirm support for independent data protection authorities
that make determinations, in the context of a legal framework,
transparently and without commercial advantage or political influence;
(3) Reaffirm support for genuine Privacy Enhancing Techniques that
minimize or eliminate the collection of personally identifiable
information and for meaningful Privacy Impact Assessments that require
compliance with privacy standards;
(4) Urge countries that have not ratified Council of Europe
Convention 108 together with the Protocol of 2001 to do so as
expeditiously as possible;
(5) Urge countries that have not yet established a comprehensive
framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection
authority to do so as expeditiously as possible;
(6) Urge those countries that have established legal frameworks for
privacy protection to ensure effective implementation and enforcement,
and to cooperate at the international and regional level;
(7) Urge countries to ensure that individuals are promptly notified
when their personal information is improperly disclosed or used in a
manner inconsistent with its collection;
(8) Recommend comprehensive research into the adequacy of techniques
that deidentify; data to determine whether in practice such methods
safeguard privacy and anonymity;
(9) Call for a moratorium on the development or implementation of
new systems of mass surveillance, including facial recognition, whole
body imaging, biometric identifiers, and embedded RFID tags, subject to
a full and transparent evaluation by independent authorities and
democratic debate; and
(10) Call for the establishment of a new international framework for
privacy protection, with the full participation of civil society, that
is based on the rule of law, respect for fundamental human rights, and
support for democratic institutions.
3 November 2009
Madrid, Spain
To full list of signatures are available here
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