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18 Dec 2013

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UN General Assembly

[PDF] Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013: The right to privacy in the digital age

Noting that the rapid pace of technological development enables individuals all over the world to use new information and communication technologies and at the same time enhances the capacity of governments, companies and individuals to undertake surveillance, interception and data collection, which may violate or abuse human rights, in particular the right to privacy...Calls upon all States...To respect and protect the right to privacy, including in the context of digital communication...To review their procedures, practices and legislation regarding the surveillance of communications...To establish or maintain existing independent, effective domestic oversight mechanisms capable of ensuring transparency, as appropriate, and accountability for State surveillance of communications....Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a report on the protection and promotion of the right to privacy in the context of domestic and extraterritorial surveillance and/or the interception of digital communications and the collection of personal data...