IGF 2021 Open Forum #6 Children’s personal information protection in cyberspace

Issue(s)

Data governance and trust, globally and locally: What is needed to ensure that existing and future national and international data governance frameworks are effective in mandating the responsible and trustworthy use of data, with respect for privacy and other human rights?
Protecting consumer rights: What regulatory approaches are/could be effective in upholding consumer rights, offering adequate remedies for rights violations, and eliminating unfair and deceptive practices from the part of Internet companies?

Panel - Auditorium - 60 Min

Description

It is proposed to invite government officials, representatives of international organizations and enterprises, scholars to discuss issues on children’s personal information protection in cyberspace, calling on the international community to make join efforts to set up protection of children’s privacy. We hope this forum would be a platform to facilitate the effective exchange of information and practices among stakeholders from all countries. (1) Provide in-depth exchanges on experiences and practices of children’s personal information protection in cyberspace. (2)Discuss feasible measures of children’s personal information protection from various perspectives, explore the duty and responsibility of different stakeholders. (3) Promote and improve the legislation of children’s personal information protection in cyberspace. (4) Initiate a proposal to further promote the construction of a trustful and sound network environment, raise the awareness of all stakeholders on the related issue.

In order to facilitate and encourage interaction and participation, the open forum is proposed to include three sessions: keynote speech, panel discussion and Q&A. Both online and on site participants will be invited in each session. Meanwhile, the host would maximize the exchange between participants. The open form are planned to use tools/ platforms provided by the IGF.

Organizers

Cyberspace Administration of China
Facilitator: Li Min, Cyberspace Administration of China

Speakers

(1) Jasmina Byrne, Chief of Policy, Office of Global Insight and Policy, UNICEF (2) Bernd Holznagel, Professor, University of Münster (3)Wang Feng, Director, Communist Youth League Central Committee (4) Zhou Hanhua, Professor and Vice Director, Institute of Law of China Academy of Social Science (5) Zhang Ping, Professor, Peaking University (6)Zhang Xinbao, Professor, Renmin University (7)Zhou Hui,Assistant Professor of Institute of law of China Academy of Social Sciences (8)Marlena Jankowska Augustyn Assistant Professor (in Law), Department of Private and Private International Law, Faculty of Law and Administration at University of Silesia in Katowice (9)Tanja Boehm Director, Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Germany (10)Nohyoung Park,Dean of School of Law, and the Director of the Cyber Law Centre of Korea University

Onsite Moderator

Li Min

Online Moderator

Xu Xiuan

Rapporteur

Xu Xiuan

SDGs

17. Partnerships for the Goals

Targets: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise to support the protection of children's personal information.