PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL SOCIETYPanel discussion on “Learn from the Giants, How They Lift Cybersecurity and Privacy Obstacles” #DigitalThailand2016 — Bangkok, 27 May 2016
@bactArthit Suriyawongkul
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Data
Network(go across national borders)
Computation
Net neutrality (which activities are
prioritised?)
Infrastructure ownership (who can get connected?)
Sensory citizenship
(whose ‘votes’ got counted?)
Big Data (Volume, Variety,
Velocity)
LinkabilityIdentity (do/how you exist?)
Citizen science
Metadata
Bias / Discrimination
“Precrime”(Predictive crime control, systemic prejudgement,
algorithmic bias)
Anonymity
Peer-to-peer network
Cloud storage
Cloud computing
Consumer rights as Civil rights
Media convergence
Behavior
Re-identification
InterfaceAccessibility
Multicultural environment
PROTECTION MECHANISM
User Access Control
Algorithm auditing
OversightBoard Design for
Clarity+Consent
Privacy ImpactAssessment Software validation
and verification
Social engineering prevention
Cryptography
FirewallHardening
Physical Security
PUBLIC POLICY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES TO CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
➤ Example: Online content regulation
➤ Web 2.0: Lots of content creators — govt can’t afford to control at Content level
➤ Intermediary liability introduced — but it only works within jurisdiction
➤ The control is moving towards Network level
(online intermediary)
(transmission/hardware level)
(individual content providers—users)
The deeper layer the control digging down, the more unintended consequences and the more people got affected.
SHIFTING POWER-RELATIONS / PUBLIC-PRIVATE
Pre-Digital Digital
Infrastructure providers State Companies
Contract Social contract Terms of services
National regulatory frameworks Bill of Rights, Constitution Trade and consumer laws
Int’l regulatory frameworks ICCPR, UN mechanisms Int’l trade agreements
Intent expression Voting Buying (or selling out yourself*)
Population records by Census(every 5-10 years)
Sensor (Real-time)
Population activities space Within Nation-State border Cross-border
Types of space Public and Private Almost All Private
Relationship Citizens Consumers(or products*)
INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES
➤ Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability
➤ Necessary and Proportionate: International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
➤ UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
➤ A/HRC/17/27 — Challenges to receive and impart information and ideas online
➤ A/HRC/23/40 — Implications of surveillance on privacy and to freedom of expression
➤ A/HRC/27/37 — The right to privacy in the digital age
➤ A/HRC/29/32 — Encryption, anonymity, and the human rights framework
BUSINESS ALLIANCES / MULTISTAKEHOLDERS DIALOGUE
➤ Telecommunication Industry Dialogue
➤ AT&T, Telefonica, Orange, Telenor (DTAC), etc.
➤ Global Network Initiative
➤ Facebook, Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn, universities, etc.
➤ Asia Internet Collation
➤ Apple, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, etc.
➤ Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
➤ Asia-Pacific Regional IGF
INITIATIVES TO MAKE CONSUMERS/CITIZENS MORE INFORMED
➤ Transparency Report / Law Enforcement Requests Report
➤ Ranking Digital Rights — Corporate Accountability Index
INITIATIVES
➤ Thai Netizen Network studies on privacy policy and technological security measures of 45 websites in 2014
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