[DCAD] Remerciement

Fri Aug 9 09:57:18 PDT 2024

In fact if this group could collect all of the data vulnerabilities and
then broadcast them out to their own constituencies just think what a big
awareness raising job we could do for very little effort on the part of any
one of us.
I don't have a data concern to share at the moment - most recently here the
concern has been with the technology, the passing of the button operated
cell phone, the dependence on landline phones that depend on electricity
and the Internet. But the biggest concern always is about what people DON'T
KNOW and are never told properly - the same problem you describe.
Thanks
De

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 12:14 Lidia Best, <best.lidia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Deidre.
>
> Thanks for your comment.
>
> I am not surprised to see this particular workshop popularity here.
> From hard of hearing side, we are very concerned about link between
> disability,use of assistive technology and use of data.
>
> Not everyone maybe aware but hearing aids and cochlear implant processors
> do collect data using the devices themselves and the apps that we have to
> use in order of getting access to some functionality.
>
> Users are not even told about it and nothing is explained about collecting
> data.
> Is this ethical?
> This is just one aspect.
>
> Lidia
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 16:57 Deirdre Williams, <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear DCAD, June and Lidia,
>> Good day to all.
>> In May 2023 DCAD published a revised Governance document and Code of
>> Conduct.
>> There is no stipulation that I can find about which language should be
>> used, although I agree with Lidia that it may simplify things for all of us
>> to arrange to use English as a common language for communication on the
>> list. In the Code of Conduct there is emphasis on respect, tolerance and
>> fairness. Since I have spent the last 16 years (the first IGF I attended
>> was Hyderabad in 2008) in an "IGF" context, and the 16 before that in a
>> regional (Latin America and the Caribbean) context working on issues of
>> multilingualism and accessibility, this issue of languages is very
>> important to me. If you think about it it's very important to all of us
>> since if it's not managed properly it may deprive us of our rights to
>> speak, and to be heard.
>> There is also another issue here. We're missing a great opportunity.
>> Over the last 5 years or so the DCAD list has come alive once a year to
>> deal with Fellowships for the IGF. Then it goes silent until next year.
>> This year plenty of DCAD members have expressed an interest in a proposed
>> workshop on Disability and Data Protection. We won't all go to Riyadh, we
>> won't all even manage to participate virtually, but everyone who responded
>> is "here" on the DCAD list.
>> So why is this workshop so interesting? Do you have fears or challenges
>> about data protection? Do you have good ideas for improving data
>> protection? If we choose we can share our knowledge and ideas now, on the
>> DCAD list, help each other and possibly provide a useful resource for this
>> interesting workshop.
>> Let's use this opportunity for something good
>> De
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at 16:27, juneparris5--- via DCAD <
>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Lidia
>>>
>>> Thank you for your support.
>>>
>>> June Parris
>>>
>>> On 7 Aug 2024 09:56, Lidia Best via DCAD <dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Deirdre.  English is a working language at this level and for this
>>> reason we all use it.
>>> You would struggle even more if I wrote in Polish :-)
>>>
>>> Let's use common ground, which is English.
>>>
>>> Lidia
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, 14:51 Deirdre Williams via DCAD, <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> The United Nations has six official languages - Arabic, Chinese,
>>> English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
>>> DCAD habitually uses English on the list, but I am not aware that this
>>> has ever been stipulated as a "rule".
>>> Since we are interested in working together to improve accessibility,
>>> especially in a context of disability, isn't it desirable that we should
>>> try to be as flexible as possible in terms of language used for
>>> communication?
>>> Deirdre
>>> PS I'm glad that Joseph has English as well as French, but other people
>>> may not have that facility
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at 07:26, June Parris via DCAD <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Hope you are all well. I want to remind the group that the official
>>> language of the United Nations is English.
>>>
>>> Usually we address everyone using the same format. Since it is a group
>>> email, when someone is addressed as Doctor we don’t know who they are
>>> referring to, we really need to have a meeting ASAP to discuss the UN
>>> protocols.
>>>
>>> June Parris
>>>
>>> Research Associate
>>>
>>>
>>> > On 7 Aug 2024, at 05:26, Joseph Moussa via DCAD <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> >
>>> > Bonjour à tous,
>>> >
>>> > Je suis très heureux de faire partie de la famille BCAD en tant que
>>> nouveau membre. En tant que personne handicapée visuelle résidant au Bénin,
>>> directeur général du groupe TIC pour tous SARL et membre affilié au Forum
>>> des jeunes pour la gouvernance de l'Internet au Bénin, je suis profondément
>>> engagé dans la promotion de l'inclusion numérique pour les personnes en
>>> situation de handicap.
>>> >
>>> > Mon adhésion à BCAD me permettra d'approfondir mes connaissances sur
>>> les technologies numériques et de mieux servir ma communauté. Je suis
>>> impatient de collaborer avec les autres membres et d'apprendre de leurs
>>> expériences afin de développer des solutions innovantes pour
>>> l'accessibilité numérique.
>>> >
>>> > Ensemble, nous pouvons construire un monde plus inclusif où chacun a
>>> l'opportunité de s'épanouir grâce au numérique. Je remercie BCAD de m'avoir
>>> accueilli au sein de cette merveilleuse famille et je suis ravi de
>>> contribuer à ses efforts pour l'autonomisation des personnes en situation
>>> de handicap.
>>> >
>>> > Que Dieu bénisse BCAD et tous ses membres !
>>> >
>>> > Cordialement,
>>> > Joseph Moussa
>>> > Directeur général, Groupe TIC pour tous SARL
>>> > Membre affilié, Forum des jeunes pour la gouvernance de l'Internet au
>>> Bénin
>>> > Bénin
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