UNESCO International Forum

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UNESCO International Forum On Privacy Rights in
the Digital Age
UNESCO Declaration
28 Sept. 2005
Whon-il Park Professor at Kyung Hee
Univ. onepark_at_khu.ac.kr
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Contents

• Introduction

• What to Consider

• Privacy Protection Principles

• draft Declaration on Privacy Protection

• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Impression of the Paris Conference in 2001

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Privacy Protection way of life in France and
in other European countries i.e., Culture
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• Symbolic Events in Seoul Today
• - Concrete covered Cheonggye Stream is reborn
  as a space
• of new culture and life style downtown
  Seoul.

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What to Consider

• Privacy Issue ? Different from State to State
• - Europe ? Fundamental rights
• - U.S. ? Market oriented pratices
• - Asian Countries ? Asian values

• UNESCO Declaration includes
• - UNESCO color e.g. media, education,
  science, etc.
• - Recognition of Diversity of Member States
• - Advisable Paradigm shift of Privacy
  Protection in the
• Information Age e.g. e-Commerce, free flow
  of data
• - Achievements of other International
  Organizations
• - Various regional experiences
• - Acknowledgment of conflict of Value in the
  region
• - Universal nature of Privacy Protection
  Principles

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Privacy Protection Principles

• OECD Privacy Guidelines of 1980

• - Collection Limitation Principle
• Data Quality Principle
• Purpose Specification Principle
• Use Limitation Principle
• Security Safeguard Principle
• Openness Principle
• Individual Participation Principle
• Accountability Principle
• ? Are they standard or obsolete?

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cf. Universal Nature of Data Protection Principles

• APEC Privacy Principles of 2004

• - Preventing Harm
• Notice
• Collection Limitation
• Uses of Personal Information
• Choice
• Integrity of Personal Information
• Security Safeguards
• Access and Correction
• Accountability Due Diligence in Transfers
• ? Five bases for Criticism explained by Prof.
  Greenleaf

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cf. Universal Nature of Data Protection Principles

• The Montreux Declaration of 2005
• There are some arguments

• The Declaration appeals for UN to prepare
  binding
• legal instrument.
• To what extent does the Declaration have
  effects?
• Are the Montreaux Principles elevated as Global
  Standards?
• Then
• Does UNESCO have such capacity as appealing for
• governments, international organizations, NGOs
• and businesses to do something special?
• Do the Participants in the Seoul Forum represent
  the
• Privacy Protection Initiatives?

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To Recognize the Universal Nature of
Principles Point of departure

• - Lawful collection and processing of personal
  information
• Purpose-specification and limitation
• Accuracy
• Proportionality
• Transparency or Openness
• Individual participation
• Non-discrimination
• Data security
• Responsibility
• Independent supervision
• Adequate level of protection in case of TBDF

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Draft DecIaration

• Subject All the Participants or Someone else?
• Object To Whom is the Action Programme
  operative?
• - Data Subject
• - Private Sector or Businesses
• - NGOs
• - Governments
• - International Organizations
• Any Agreement Available?
• - Enhancing Awareness, Technological
  advancement, Public-
• Private Partnership, Sustainable UNESCO
  Network, etc.

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Conclusion

• The right to privacy is a human right and is
  essential
• for free and self-determined human
  development in the
• knowledge-based society.
• As Prof. Greenleaf said, there is no one way
  forward
• for the development of privacy standards at
  present
• in the Asia-Pacific Region.
• So an Action Programme is required in the fields
  of
• Education, Technology and the Institution
• based upon the Consensus.

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Thank you very much for your Attention.
More slides with photos to come.
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Prof. Park is explaining a draft UNESCO
Declaration.
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Prof. Greenleaf is addressing a key note speech.
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