| Consumers International calls for COVID-19 response to focus on global consumer protection and empowerment - 01/04/2020 |
| Consumers International |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | International |
| Consumers International with its members in 100 countries highlights in a joint statement among other things that: 1) access to trusted online services and information becomes more important than ever when the usual access routes to essential goods and services are suddenly disrupted. Internet access for more people could be secured through subsidised devices and data, increasing data allowances, zero-rating websites for official health organisations and other essential government services and ending enforced internet shutdowns or slowdowns. 2) personal data has a key role to play in slowing down the spread of COVID-19, but it must be used in responsible, secure and privacy protecting ways and not result in discrimination during or after the outbreak, be subject to oversight and accountability and grounded in law. |
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Source Link Keywords: connectivity; data protection; internet access; digital divide |