Blogpost International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications Continues to Follow ICANN On April 8-10, I had the pleasure of attending the meeting of the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications (IWGDPT) in Budapest, Hungary. The group had put on the agenda the proposal to develop international standards for the accreditation of […]
13 May 2018 by Ayden Férdeline In March I had the privilege of representing the NCUC at the Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) in Valencia, Spain. The IFF is an annual conference that explores the threats to human rights enabled by the Internet, and the typical participants are persons who are using policy or technology to […]
By Joanna Kulesza This year I had the opportunity to support the NCUC at the annual WSIS Forum held in Geneva on 19-23 March 2018. During this important internet governance event ICANN and NCUC were well represented through broad community presence, a dedicated information booth and, last but not least, three ICANN-organized panels with strong […]
REPORT | ICANN 61 A challenging Meeting ! The day of March 9, 2018, was for many, the beginning of ICANN 61 with several events and preparatory meetings. This was the first of the three statutory meetings to be held in 2018 and was de facto the one to further engage the community in ICANN’s […]
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” – Lewis Carroll, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” ICANN61 was a busy week for me. In addition […]
By Cláudio Lucena, Paraíba State University, Brazil/FCT, Católica Global, Portugal ICANN60 in Abu Dhabi was my first onsite meeting after having joined the Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC). Earlier this year I had been a fellow for ICANN58 Copenhagen, joined NCUC, taken some time to follow and get to know the work of the […]
by Olga Kyryliuk On 2 February 2018, ICANN President and CEO Goran Marby, along with General Counsel and Secretary John Jeffrey held a webinar (announcement, recording and materials) during which they updated the community on recent developments regarding GDPR compliance models, privacy and Whois. Goran Marby mentioned that GDPR will affect us all and […]
by Dawahi Khouloud With a workshop, a pre-event, a village booth, and the presence of dozens of active members, NCUC figured eminently in the 12th Internet Governance Forum, which took place from 18 to 21 December 2017, in Geneva Switzerland. The event’s overall theme was “Shape your digital future”and in terms of numbers, 2019 was […]
In this report you will find a brief account of my participation at the 12th edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), it’s intersection with the NCUC and, more generally, the role of NCUC in-between ICANN and the IGF. Hopefully, it will provide you with a snapshot of the great experience it was to be […]
by Stephanie Perrin – On November 26-28 2017, I attended the meeting of the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications (IWGDPT or Berlin group) in Paris, France. The group has had data protection issues at ICANN on the agenda for the past three years (see my earlier blogpost on the 2015 Seoul Korea […]