Internet: Privacy and Digital
Content in a Global Context
May 21, 2014
by Lianna Galstyan
Opening
• Frederic Donck, Regional Bureau Director – Europe, Internet Society
Welcome notes. Impressed by readiness of Internet Society officers
to help local reps organize the conference
• Leyla Keser, Director of IT
Law Institute, Istanbul Bilgi University
She represented the Turkish Legislation proposal to be accepted in
accordance with the EU rules on Internet Regulation
Privacy and Data Protection
• Establishment of a governmental special body
to deal with privacy and data protection
• Not so obvious that it would be possible to
provide privacy and data protection at all on a
general user level
• Necessary to teach common people from
schoolage to keep their info private and
exploit right ‘to be forgotten’
Personal Contacts
• Informed Frederic Donck and Markus Kummer,
VP of Public Policy on creation of Permanent IGF
body in Armenia and preliminary invited them to
the 1st IGF meeting in Armenia whenever it will
be organized
• Sophie Kwasny, Council of Europe on Data
Protection Human Rights and Rule of Law –
interested in IGF issues in Armenia and ISOC AM
activities