Session
Data Governance & Trust
Cross-border Data Flows and Trust
Data Privacy and Protection
Organizer 1: Alexandre Veronese, University of Brasilia
Organizer 2: LIA HERNANDEZ, 🔒
Organizer 3: AMANDA NUNES LOPES ESPIÑEIRA LEMOS, 🔒
Organizer 4: Thiago Moraes, 🔒
Speaker 1: Isabel Davara, Private Sector, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Speaker 2: Gonzalo Sosa, Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Speaker 3: Michelle Bordachar, Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Speaker 4: LIA HERNANDEZ, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Speaker 5: Eduardo Bertoni, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Alexandre Veronese, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Thiago Moraes, Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
AMANDA NUNES LOPES ESPIÑEIRA LEMOS, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Round Table - 90 Min
1 - Institutional development of privacy and data protection (PDP) in LATAM: What are the main challenges to PDP regulatory effectiveness in LATAM region?
2 - Multistakeholder sociocultural perspective: How do LATAM communities relate among themselves to the region's rights to privacy and data protection? How have businesses, the public sector, and academic research been reacting to data governance rules?
3 - International cooperation on data governance: How may LATAM countries contribute to international cooperation on data governance, including with the Asia-Pacific region, such as the APEC CBPR rules? What initiatives could be on the table for future collaborations?
What will participants gain from attending this session? Based on the research results, the session will share knowledge of the state-of-the-art development of privacy and data protection governance in Latin America, a relevant region considering its vast population of consumers in the data market. It will also highlight diverse, non-Eurocentric perspectives on the rights to privacy and data protection. Furthermore, it will create opportunities for a dialogue with relevant regional stakeholders and give room for international cooperation on data governance, including stakeholders from the Asian-Pacific region, who will participate actively in this IGF’s edition.
Description:
Data Protection in LATAM – Sociocultural Perspectives and Opportunities for International Cooperation on Data Governance
The debate on international data flow cooperation goes beyond the GDPR model. Inspired by a three-year-long research in the region, this session aims to promote a multistakeholder discussion about the rights to privacy and data protection sociocultural development in Latin America and how players of the area may contribute to international cooperation on data governance from a non-Eurocentric perspective. Contrary to common sense, Latin American countries are diverse and have shared dialogues on data governance with several global players beyond Europe, including North America, Africa, and Asia. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Cross-Border Pacific Rules (CBPR) are also heavily considered, and negotiations are on the table for several LATAM actors.
This panel will reunite stakeholders from several LATAM countries who will debate among themselves and the audience on (i) the institutional development of privacy and data protection in Latin America. (ii) stakeholders’ perception of sociocultural aspects of privacy and data protection in the region. (iii) international data governance cooperation between Latin America and other economic regions, including the Asia-Pacific.
By promoting this debate, the session expects to share the perspectives of LATAM stakeholders with a global audience and raise opportunities for new collaborations regarding data governance.
The workshop will allow the public to gather more understanding of the sociocultural characteristics of data governance in the LATAM region. The broader audience will be able to discuss the research in this session. Stakeholders can share other investigations and initiatives they have been developing on the general topic of sociocultural features of regulation.
More importantly, the session will allow participants to identify synergies and opportunities for international cooperation on data governance with diverse stakeholders. It will also create opportunities for Asian-Pacific participants to connect with several actors from Latin America who have been following recent developments in data governance in the region.
Hybrid Format: After a brief introduction of the session's goals and presentation of the panelists by the organizers, a debate will follow in round tables. Each round will cover one of the policy questions’ clusters.
We will incentivize the audience to raise questions and share opinions. Finally, we will conclude with final impressions of each panelist.
We will organize a previous meeting among the panelists to decide which questions each stakeholder would be willing to contribute.
The organizers will also prepare social media material to make online invitations to the panel and share with stakeholders to reach a broader audience. This material will better inform a wider audience on how to participate in the conference online.
During the session, onsite and online moderators will alternate between both audiences, giving more dynamism to the debate and allowing for a more inclusive public engagement.