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MADRID and BARCELONA, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    "Today is an historic day: with the Charter for Digital Rights, Spain

becomes the pioneer country in guaranteeing the protection of digital rights,

thus leading the debate on technological humanism in Europe and worldwide".

With these words, the Spanish secretary of State for Digitalization and

Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas, has presented the first draft of this

Charter created with the aim of reinforcement the protection of rights and

freedoms of the citizens in a changing digital environment due to the

disruption of technological advance. The presentation

[https://digitalfuturesociety.com/es/agenda/carta-derechos-digitales-streaming/ ]

, hosted by the Mobile World Capital Barcelona through the Digital Future

Society [https://digitalfuturesociety.com/] initiative, included  a debate

between the experts who have drafted the initial Charter for Digital Rights,

led by the Spanish Government.

    The Charter works as a prescriptive document, not regulatory, proposes a

framework for the public authorities' action in a way that allows navigating in

the current digital environment, taking advantage of all its potentialities and

minimizing its risks. It contributes to leading an essential and global process

that guarantees a humanistic digital transformation, placing the people at the centre.

    Artigas has highlighted the collaborative work developed: "The Charter is

the result of an intense work of different actors, we have drawn the rights and

freedoms that we want to debate, we make the first conclusions available to

citizens now, already open for public consultation [https://portal.mineco.gob.es/es-es/ministerio/participacionpublica/audienciapublica/Paginas/SEDIA_Carta_Derechos_Digitales.aspx ]. We want this document has the highest consensus."

    The secretary of State pointed out that "the digital transformation of

Spain is vital for the economic recovery of our country; we must move towards a

digital economy". Also added: "The Charter accomplishes several objectives:

reinforce rights, generate certainties and guarantee the citizens security in

the digital environment."

    "This document aspires to turn into an ethical framework for digital rights

that will become an international benchmark for the rest of the countries with

a transversal, holistic and humanistic vision. A national project which leaves

no one behind," emphasised Artigas.

    The CEO of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Carlos Grau, assured that "the

preparation of the Charter highlights a reality that we can no longer ignore:

we are experiencing a true digital emergency and we must be aware of the

fragility of the digital moment we live in, before it was too late. We must

create social awareness about digital emergency, we are all responsible for

setting the roadmap, which must make us move forward as a society at the same

pace as the technological advances."

    At her turn, the Digital Future Society director, Cristina Colom, has

pointed out the need to promote "a public-private collaboration in order to

create new policies that address the digital future in a multidisciplinary and

transversal way, but, above all, that it can be put into practice efficiently."

SOURCE: Digital Future Society