<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Dear Robin </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Dear Brenden & NCUC members</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">I would like to submit the following Declaration for your own consideration.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">It would be great if NCUC members could signed the Declaration. This</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">document could help us focus the privacy agenda at the international level.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Right now, there are no legal safeguards for the WHOIS database. You should</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">consider signing this declaration,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Kind Regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">Katitza Rodriguez</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">EPIC</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The Civil Society Madrid Declaration<br><br>Several leading NGOs will be organizing a conference in Madrid on<br>November 3, 2009 on "Global Privacy Standards for a Global World."<br>This civil society conference will be held in conjunction with the<br>31st annual meeting of the Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners.<br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/events/madrid09/">http://thepublicvoice.org/events/madrid09/</a><br><br>Among the key outcomes of the week will be the release of the<br>Civil Society Madrid Declaration, a document prepared by the committee<br>group that is organizing the civil society event. The Madrid<br>Declaration is a substantial document that reaffirms international<br>instruments for privacy protection, identifies new challenges, and<br>recommends specific actions.<br><br>The Madrid Declaration is now open for signatures:<br><br><a href="http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration">http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration</a><br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/es/">http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/es/</a><br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/fr/">http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/fr/</a><br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/kr/">http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/kr/</a><br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/cn/">http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/cn/</a><br><br><a href="http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/br/">http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/br/</a><br><br><br>An indication of support for this Declaration will help focus the privacy agenda on protecting consumers and citizens and help send a unified message to Data Protection and Privacy authorities around the world. The timing and focus of this Declaration is particularly worth considering signing on to. So, if you are so inclined, signing on and spreading the word about the Madrid Declaration beforehand to maximize the number of signatures would be of great help too.<br><br>If you would like to add your name to this declaration, please send a note to: Katitza Rodriguez at <a href="mailto:privacy@datos-personales.org">privacy@datos-personales.org</a><br><br>Pls. indicate if you are signing the declaration on behalf of your organization or as individual expert. We we will continue collecting signatures after Madrid and towards the fourth IGF. <div><br>The Declaration will be available in more than two dozen languages in the following weeks.<br><br><br>Kind Regards,<br><br>Katitza Rodriguez<br>EPIC</div></div></div></body></html>