Goodbye Mr. Rodotà

[Staff 9749]

Today Stefano Rodotà left us.

 

He was a co-writer of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which several years later became a binding, legal document for all EU Member States, and a member of the Council of Europe.

 

Between 1998 and 2005 he was the first Data Protection and Privacy Authority supervisor in Italy, a country which never had such a public body, and between 1998 and 2002 he was the President of the Data Protection Supervisors coordination group in the European Union.

 

In spite of limited funds and power, through his energy and incredibly lucid and competent vision, he sowed the seeds of public awareness on the importance of data protection and privacy and established an operative framework which has been successfully followed by his successors.

 

Just to recall a tiny gem, without Rodotà's work the historical decisions, by courts and by the Data Protection Authority, establishing the illegal behavior of the Peppermint company in the homonym case and sentencing the beginning of the end of the copyright trolls activities in Italy and Europe, would have been much more difficult in 2008.

 

It is impossible to mention here all the countless activities Mr. Rodota's was involved in during his life.

 

For us he was first and foremost a Champion of freedom and fundamental rights.

 

Goodbye Mr. Rodotà, you have been, you are and you will be a source of inspiration and strength for us in the pursuit of our mission.

 

The AirVPN founders

[wer 14]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

May he rest in peace.

[amnesty 18]

I admire people who take action and are part of the solution. This is why I am getting involved in my local municipalities' politics and would encourage other to do the same.

It's not easy being the minority (where I am) talking about Net Neutrality, Privacy and other issues some of us considers rights not privileges.

 

It also requires acceptance. I need to accept my voice was heard, is the minority and voted against. (The Way Forward is a direct route through.) Without acceptance, I would have ended up "taking my ball and going home". That's what people do when they/we do not get our way and walking away like a spoiled brat is part of the problem not solution.

 

 

EDIT: We need more people speaking out about issues such as Net Neutrality and I'm not talking about behind a keyboard or some device but face to face.

Edited ... by amnesty