Taiwan has joined an EU-led initiative to promote data protection and privacy standards, the National Development Council said in a statement on Wednesday.
Taiwan signed the Joint Declaration on Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data on Saturday last week at the EU’s invitation, the statement said.
Other countries that have signed the joint declaration, which was first issued in February, include Australia, Comoros, India, Japan, Mauritius, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Thailand.
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The European External Action Service — the EU’s diplomatic, and combined foreign and defense ministry — said that the declaration aims to strengthen trust in the digital environment by effectively protecting personal data.
A “lack of trust in how data is handled has negatively impacted our diverse societies and economies,” the agency’s Web site says.
The signatories commit to “foster and further develop international policy discussions and cooperation regarding data protection and cross-border data flows” in the Indo-Pacific region, Europe and beyond, the agency said.
They would work to achieve comprehensive legal frameworks, promote policies covering the private and public sectors, and uphold core principles such as lawfulness, fairness, transparency and the rights of individuals, it said.
Joining the declaration would allow Taiwan to bolster its cooperation with international partners to promote a safe and reliable environment where personal data are protected and cross-border data flows are secure, the council said in the statement.
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