Katitza Rodriguez
Katitza RodrÃguez is Director of EPIC's International Privacy Program. She concentrates on comparative international policy and legal aspects of privacy and data protection, international transfer of personal data and privacy global standards. She is Research Director for EPIC "Privacy and Human Rights Report (PHR) 2008" (forthcoming), the most comprehensive survey of privacy laws and developments in the world. She was also Research Editor of the Latin American Reports in the 2005 and 2006 editions of PHR. She participates and monitors the work of several organizations on international privacy discussions, including the OECD, the Privacy Sub-Group of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the Data Protection Commissioner Meeting and the Ibero-American Data Protection Network.
Katitza is also coordinator of The Public Voice Coalition. She was responsible for facilitating the participation of Civil Society Participants of The Public Voice Coalition in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Korea as well as the organization of the OECD Civil Society Forum. This effort resulted in the creation of the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC), a landmark achievement for civil society at the OECD. The Public Voice Project will serves as the initial point of contact with the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) and is responsible for facilitating CSISAC participation in the OECD from 2009-2010.
