Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society: adopted at the G8 summit in Okinawa in July 2000. Participants agreed on several key principles, including (a) promoting competition and opening markets for information technology and telecommunications products and services, (b) protection of intellectual property rights, (c) commitment to using software in full compliance with intellectual property rights, (d) importance of efficient telecommunications, transport, trade and customs procedures, (e) promoting cross-border electronic commerce, (f) adopting consistent approaches to taxation, (g) desisting from imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions, (h) promoting market-driven standards, (i) promoting consumer trust in the electronic market place, (j) developing effective and meaningful privacy protection for consumers, and (k) developing electronic authentication, electronic signature, cryptography and other means to ensure the security of transactions. The G8 members also pledged themselves to making efforts to bridge the digital divide. They established a Digital Opportunity Taskforce to promote global participation in the information society.
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