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Privacy Commissioners Pass Important New Resolutions (9/16)
Privacy Commissioners from around the world, meeting at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Montreux, Switzerland, have adopted an important new declaration calling not only for the spread of privacy principles around the world, but also for cooperation with NGOs around the world, for efforts at increasing the sharing of information on international policies, and for intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) to comply with such principles and to appoint privacy officers,
Privacy Commissioners' Montreux Declaration (PDF) >>
They also passed a resolution on the use of biometrics in passports, identity cards and travel documents
Montreux Resolution on use of biometrics (PDF) >>
Other links:
Web site of the 2005 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
The Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner
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