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Article

18 Dec 2013

Author:
Associated Press

UN votes to protect privacy in digital age

The U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at protecting the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance…Germany and Brazil introduced the resolution following a series of reports of U.S. surveillance, interception, and data collection abroad…The resolution “affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including the right to privacy.”…The resolution calls on U.N. members to establish or maintain independent and effective oversight methods to ensure transparency…The resolution…expresses deep concern at “the negative impact” that such surveillance, “in particular when carried out on a mass scale, may have on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights.”…[refers to Petrobras]