[NCUC-DISCUSS] Privacy issues within Fellowship Program

[thomascovenant]

Dear all,

in regard to my previous message to NCUC list - Fellowship Program has
released a statement today revoking the previous practice and addressing
privacy violation issue with those involved. The full statement can be
found below.

I understand the Program is currently receiving help reviewing
existing practices and will make the necessary changes to avoid a
similar situation from happening again in the future.
That is very excellent news.

I would like to thank NCUC for continuous privacy issue support and
advice in approaching this matter.

Grateful thanks go to both CDPO Daniel Halloran and Herb Waye, ICANN
Ombudsman for addressing this issue in a prompt positive manner
resulting in solid privacy improvements.

Solidarity,

thomas

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Dear Fellows,

This note is to address the concerns that have been raised regarding the
privacy of your personal data.

First, let me reassure you that the ICANN organization is committed to
meeting the highest standards of data protection and data privacy, as
outlined in our privacy policy.

Regarding the specific incident, as you may recall, an email was
recently shared with an attachment containing your personal data. We
acknowledge that this practice can no longer continue and have taken the
appropriate steps to ensure it does not happen again in the future, as
currently we are reviewing our processes.

For clarity, kindly note that the individuals included in the BCC line
of that note were the 63 of you receiving this email, who were funded
through the Program, 2 Tribal Ambassadors and 2 Honorary Fellows. No
other individuals were in receipt of that information. This was done for
clarifications to send out hard copies of your certificates of
participation. In future we have decided to send out only soft versions
to your respective e-mails.

I hope this helps address the concerns that have been raised.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best

Siranush

Siranush Vardanyan

Fellowship Program Manager

Public Responsibility Support, ICANN

Mobile: +374 94 947773

E-mail:  siranush.vardanyan at icann.org

Skype ID: siranush.vardanyan







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On 06.11.2017 21:41, thomascovenant wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I want to point out an issue that is important to me: privacy.
> 
> Today the Fellowship Program sent out an email containing an attachment
> with coaches' and fellows' private details: name, surname, home address
> and phone number.
> 
> I see this as gross privacy violation.
> 
> I have not given my consent to share my personal details - I expect
> every single person on the list to be asked for permission before doing
> that. I expect to know exactly who these details will be shared with.
> 
> During this round, program has heavily relied on Facebook, Whatsapp
> (owned by Facebook) and Google.
> 
> I am extremely frustrated by lack of basic privacy awareness within the
> Fellowship Program.
> 
> I will follow up with TTF to propose an online privacy workshop for
> those in charge of the Program, together with the request to review
> tools and how fellows' information can be stored and handled in a secure
> way.
> 
> Respecting privacy of others on this list,
> 
> thomas / Dina Solveig Jalkanen
> 

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