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THE DATA PROTECTION SPANISH AGENCY CREATES THE DIGITAL PACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE.

The agency seeks to promote a great agreement for digital coexistence, to promote the commitment to privacy and raise awareness about the dissemination of sensitive content on the networks.

The Agency affirms that it is necessary "that all the actors involved in the digital field, citizens and organizations, are aware of the consequences that the dissemination of particularly sensitive content can have on the life of the person affected and also the responsibilities in which may incur those who disseminate them (civil, criminal and administrative) ".

For this reason, there are already more than 40 business organizations, associations and foundations (among them the Spanish Red Cross, Mediaset, RTVE, Atresmedia...) that have assumed the commitment and will begin to implement the measures that the Agency has dictated.

One of the main measures will be to disseminate the Priority Channel, which will be in charge of the urgent and immediate elimination of sexual and violent content published without consent. It is also among them, supporting transparency so that everyone knows what they are used for. their data, in addition to promoting gender equality and the protection of children, among other situations of people in vulnerable situations.

The Digital Pact is divided into three parts; the letter of adhesion, the commitment to responsibility in the digital field and the Decalogue of good practices.

In the letter of adhesion, the signing entity agrees to implement the principles and recommendations of the Agency in its organization.
In the commitment to responsibility in the digital field, are the obligations that organizations have to fulfill. He is not looking for more to be assumed than there are, but he is looking for a tight commitment. Finally, the Decalogue of good practices, with which the Agency wants to promote all its measures among the media and organizations that have dissemination channels to inform their public.

The Digital Pact for the Protection of People of the Agency will be publicly presented at an event called I Forum on Privacy, Innovation and Sustainability, with the Honorary Presidency of their Majesties the Kings, on January 28, 2021 (the International Data Protection Day).

January 26th, 2021