The Danish ministry of science and technology has mandated a committee on citizens IT-rights. The committee has representatives from various ministries, consumer organisations, the IT-business sector and civil society. EDRi-member Digital Rights has participated in the committee since it started its work in September 2002. The aim of the committee is to give recommendations to areas where existing laws and practices in Denmark may hinder citizen's enjoyment of their IT-rights. Areas under scrutiny include: citizen's communication with the public sector, privacy and registration, freedom of expression and access to information. The fiercest debates within the committee were about data retention (obligatory in Denmark for the period of 1 year), access to public information and ISP self-regulation. The recommendations are expected to be finalised by May/June 2003.
Information is available at (in Danish)
http://www.vtu.dk/
For through committee member Rikke Frank Jørgensen from Digital Rights - rfj at digitalrights.dk.