[DRAFT]Consumer Privacy Act

[Inspector Carmelita Fox]

I have drafted a privacy proposal. Would it be useful or relevant?

Consumer Privacy Act

Category: Human Rights Strength: Mild

To the World Assembly,

A. Believing that the privacy of consumers should be safeguarded and prioritized to an extent,

B. Concerned about the use of consumer privacy which includes but is not limited to advertising, government sharing, sharing to other commercial and non-commercial organizations, safety, preventing or investigating criminal activity, and improving products and services,


C. Noting that while consumer privacy is important, the privacy of consumers is subordinate to issues of illegal activities, national security, interference against the ability of a business being able to conduct its necessary activities,

Hereby,
1. Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
a. Consumer privacy as personally identified information used from transactions and accounts used in businesses that can be exploited for financial or personal gain;

2. In accordance of this act, orders World Assembly nations to:
a. Limit the sharing of consumer privacy to within the purposes of conducting the necessary activities in operating a business and to allow for fair use if it is reasonable;

b. Elaborate on the circumstances between the subject of criminal activity by:
i. Ruling that requested evidence by law authorities should only be provided based on if it is relevant and assists that case involved, thereby restricting access to privacy information from other aspects of the consumer’s activities;
ii. Ruling that consumers voluntarily lose their right to privacy relating to their business activities as a consumer, if it is in the scope of the criminal topic involved and if the subject of the criminal activity is defined as a felony;

c. Fair use of Information between Consumers and Business
i. Ruling that consumers should be given prior notice of the terms of use of privacy and if they consent to it;
ii. Ruling that any future updates or revisions of any privacy policy should be communicated with the consumer at a reasonably prompt time;
iii. Declares it illegal if the terms of privacy were to be violated by the business

d. Fair Use under Hierarchy of the Business Organization
i. Ruling that the use of consumer privacy information between the different roles of the business organization shall be only requested outside the necessary; entrusted people involved in their respective work, if it is necessary

[The First German Order]

“I fail to see how this is a matter of international importance, so no support from our delegation. Other than that, I’d recommend defining some of the terms used in this proposal.”

[Kenmoria]

“I fail to see how this is a matter of international importance, so no support from our delegation. Other than that, I’d recommend defining some of the terms used in this proposal.”

"Why is this not an issue of international importance? There are consumers in all nations, most of whom will buy products from foreign countries and companies."

[The First German Order]

“I fail to see how this is a matter of international importance, so no support from our delegation. Other than that, I’d recommend defining some of the terms used in this proposal.”

"Why is this not an issue of international importance? There are consumers in all nations, most of whom will buy products from foreign countries and companies."

“It seems like more of a problem for the consumer. To me, it seems that it should be up to the consumer to ensure that their private information is kept private.”

[Kenmoria]

(OOC: Use [list] code to make the proposal look neater and more readable.)

[Edrarin]

Our delegation is intrigued by this proposal. I suggest making it a bit more structured so it is more readable.

[Kenmoria]

"There is too big a gap between clauses B and C."

[Hoporginiankero]

While our country supports civil rights wholeheartedly, including the right to privacy, we want some of the terms defined. Some of the clauses could be interpreted in such a way to make the clause meaningless. For example, could you clarify "if necessary" in the last clause?

[Kenmoria]

"There should probably be colons after the first lines of clauses 2c and 2d."

[Avgrunden]

We support the general idea behind this proposal.

As to its international importance, it is inherently international, especially considering the advent of the internet and information technology, allowing consumer data to be transported across the world in seconds. Therefore, consumer privacy cannot be adequately protected by domestic legislation alone.

However, we concur with the nations above, in that some of the clauses could use refining, and more definitions would be helpful.

Respectfully,