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Daily Dashboard | UN Appoints Special Digital Privacy Investigator Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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PCWorld reports that the Human Rights Council of the United Nations has resolved to appoint an independent investigator—or “special rapporteur”—to monitor privacy in the Digital Age. The council said that while online, people must have the same rights they do offline. The move, strongly backed by the governments of Brazil and Germany, is thought to be more of a symbolic appointment because the investigator will serve as an advisor. “Our hope is that the Human Rights Council resolution marks the beginning of a serious global reckoning with mass surveillance and its effects,” said Human Rights Watch Director of Global Affairs Eileen Donahoe.
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