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OECD's Ministerial Declaration on the Protection of Privacy on Global Networks
This Declaration commits OECD members to:
- encourage the adoption of privacy policies, whether implemented by legal, self-regulatory, administrative or technological
means;
- encourage the online notification of privacy policies to users; ensure that effective enforcement mechanisms are available
both to address non-compliance with privacy principles and policies and to ensure access to redress;
- promote user education and awareness about online privacy issues and the means at their disposal for protecting privacy
on global networks;
- encourage the use of privacy-enhancing technologies;
- encourage the use of contractual solutions and the development of model contractual solutions for online transborder data
flows;
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- support Member countries in exchanging information about effective methods to protect privacy on global networks;
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- co-operate with industry and business as they work to provide privacy protection on global networks, as well as with relevant
regional and international organisations"
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This document is perhaps more a demonstration of a lack of agreement than real agreement in the international community.
Its principles are broad and do not require common approaches among countries.
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