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Business leaders and experts drawn from the ICC membership establish the key business positions, policies and practices on e-business, information technologies and telecommunications through the EBITT Commission.

Archives 2006 :

Business, government must team up to harness development potential of ICTs, ICC says

Hong Kong, 4 December 2006

In an address today to ITU Telecom World 2006, International Chamber of Commerce Secretary General Guy Sebban called for more public-private cooperation to spread access to the Internet and information and communications technologies (ICTs), two powerful drivers of development.

Information society needs greater global participation, ICC says
Athens, 30 October 2006 Greater participation in wide-ranging discussions with all parties on an equal footing is the best way to build an "information society for all," ICC said today at the opening session of the first Internet Governance Forum in Athens.

ICC to host workshop at IGF
Paris, 25 October 2006 At the first Internet Governance Forum next week in Athens, ICC's Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) and the Canadian government are hosting a workshop on how to increase awareness and skill development to ensure the information society becomes more inclusive.

Industry urges government action on international transfers of personal data
Brussels, 23 October 2006 The International Chamber of Commerce and The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) urgently call upon decision-makers on both sides of the Atlantic to deliver real progress on international transfers of personal data, a matter of growing concern for businesses worldwide.

ICC submits "model clauses" to EC for international data transfers
Paris, 20 October 2006 In a move to standardize and speed up transfers of international data worldwide, ICC submitted today to the European Commission a proposal covering flows of personal data from data controllers to data processors.

ICC works to close digital divide through Global Alliance
Paris, 9 October 2006 ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban joined UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Intel Chairman Craig Barrett last week to set objectives for the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) at the initiative's steering committee meeting in New York.

ICC India hosts meetings on challenges facing information society
New Delhi, 2 October 2006 ICC hosted business executives from around the world on 18-20 September for a meeting of ICC's Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms (EBITT) and the first meeting of Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) – a new ICC initiative to communicate business priorities and experience on information society issues.

Smoothing the way for international data transfers
Paris, 12 September 2006 Companies transferring personal data outside the EU must comply with stringent European legal restrictions. To help businesses demonstrate their compliance, ICC has taken the initiative to standardize the process.

Fragmented domain names could destabilize Internet, ICC warns
Paris, 7 July 2006 The International Chamber of Commerce today warned that designs by China and other countries to create their own domain name systems in Letters Digits Hyphen (LDH) for locating data on the Internet exposes the Internet to new risks that could destabilize it if technical and logistical issues are not urgently addressed.

ICC urges government consultation to counter information compliance overload
Paris, 29 June 2006 To help avoid laws regulating business information systems from becoming too cumbersome and potentially counter-productive, the International Chamber of Commerce has issued a set of principles for governments to follow when drafting these procedures.

Business endorses UN convention on electronic contracting
Paris 19 June 2006 The International Chamber of Commerce supports the recently-concluded United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts as a useful reform to spur development of cross-border online commerce in the developed and developing world.

ICC welcomes Internet Governance Forum advisory group
Paris, 18 May 2006 The International Chamber of Commerce commends the selection of the Internet Governance Forum's multistakeholder advisory group, whose members were announced today by the United Nations Secretary General.

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