ISSN: 2301-1025 2nd year, 3rd edition twitter.com/lactld facebook.com/LACTLD LACTLD REPORT The Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD publication ANOTHER YEAR OF GROWTH AND CHANGES The Internet is constantly evolving. So are its challenges. The opportunities for development, participation and representation of stakeholders in the region encourage us to face 2014 with high expectations. IETF, by two regional technical experts Address: Rbla Rep. de México 6125, CP 11400, Security: personal data protection in Latin America Montevideo, Uruguay Tel.: + 598 2604 2222* (General Contact) Email: [email protected] www.lactld.org Enhanced cooperation and Internet governance EDITORIAL STAFF CONTINUED COLLABORATION: LACTLD Report LACTLD REPORT FIRST ANNIVERSARY 3rd edition 2nd year, 2013 Dear Readers, Board of Directors Eduardo Santoyo Another year ends – with plenty Luis Arancibia of debates, discussions and Víctor Abboud joint efforts to stimulate the Clara Collado ccTLD growth, both within and Frederico Neves outside the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. In Editorial Board Eduardo Santoyo this letter I would like to thank Luis Arancibia you all for your hard work and Clara Collado also invite you to continue Carolina Aguerre sharing the rewarding task of promoting Registry cooperation General Coordination and development during 2014. Marilina Esquivel The third issue of the LACTLD Report contains various articles and piece of news. A relevant announcement Editorial assistant is that the publication is now catalogued under the ISSN system, which will Sofía Zerbino enable to index and reference globally. In terms of the information, there is Art & Design information about ICANN’s new Engagement Center in Latin America and the Frida Caribbean, which opened in Montevideo, Uruguay and it aims to increase the representation of diverse stakeholders within the scope of this organization. Photography The subject of enhanced cooperation is addressed in an article that explains Martín Mañana the present situation and the challenges faced for its implementation. The Image banks creation of a working group (WGEC) and the enriching discussions around Images provided by the registries this topic are also treated in these pages. A very hot subject is the protection of personal data on the Internet, which Translation Virginia Algorta is presented in a general way and also according to the laws of different LACTLD countries of the region. As the commentator notes, the main problem of the regulation system is its enforcement and implementation. LACTLD Report is the ccTLD publication Furthermore, in two articles, experts from NIC.cl and LACNIC provide their of Latin American and Caribbean views on the significance of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its TLD Association (LACTLD). The published impact on the community and they explain the relevance of the participation material does not compromise in any way of representatives of the region. The Report also contains an article about LACTLD’s responsibility. The opinions the role of the DNS Security Extensions in the approach to security problems expressed belong solely to the authors and inconveniences that are faced in this task by one of the world experts in and do not necessarily represent the Association’s views. the field, Patrick Fälström from NETNOD. As is usual in this publication, we include an overview on the evolution of This is a work licensed under the registration of domain names. Latin America is slashing the nine million Creative Commons domain names and continues to grow at high rates in comparative terms with other regions. And we also used these pages to congratulate NiC.br for its 25th anniversary. Except when expressed otherwise, this I wish you a Happy New Year and meet you again in the fourth issue of our work is under an Attribution Licence. In Report in May 2014. every use of the work authorized by this licence it will be necessary to acknowledge the authorship (compulsory Eduardo Santoyo in all cases). President LACTLD SUMMARY 6. Enhacing stakeholders cooperation 17. Domain names, By Carolina Aguerre evolution and trends 3. Continued collaboration: LACTLD By LACTLD Report first anniversary 11. Personal data protection in Latin America By Eduardo Santoyo By Alberto Cerda Silva 20. The importance of DNSSEC By Patrik Fältström 4. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 14. Two regional views of IETF ICANN continues to grow By Hugo Salgado 22. .br celebrates 25 years By Alexandra Dans By Carlos Martínez Cagnazzo 3 • LACTLD COLUMNS IN LATIN could not be oblivious to the fact that shall be distributed, intended as a guide businesses (RSVP). Latin America is the region where social for participants from our region to assist • Academy and ICANN in Latin America media is most widely used. We invite them in the choice of the sessions that and the Caribbean (open session). AMERICA AND you to follow us at @ICANN_es and @ best suit their interests. • Challenges to security and stability in ICANN_pt. We also work with Scoop.it, the region (open session). a tool that allows us to share all press You may check the rooms and times of • Outstanding Achievement Award releases and news on ICANN, both in the following sessions in Latin America (open session). THE CARIBBEAN, Spanish and Portuguese. News can be and the Caribbean Participants’ Guide: found at: www.scoop.it/t/noticias-en- espanol-by-icann and at: www.scoop. • Legal LACTLD Workshop (closed it/t/noticias-em-portugues. session). • Opening Session (open session). We invite you to ICANN By Alexandra Dans Furthermore, in October this year, our • Presentation of the Strategic Plan for Communications Manager President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, the region (open session). follow us on blog. for Latin America and the honored us with a visit to our • A place for economic actors in Latin Caribbean Engagement Center at Casa de Internet America and the Caribbean in ICANN icann.org where we CONTINUES and to the Uruguay ccTLD. Officers meetings (open session). visited the Central Computer Service • Let’s talk about IPv6 in Latin America regularly publish (SeCIU) at Universidad de la República, and the Caribbean (open session). the entity responsible for Uruguayan • Cocktail for local companies and notes related to our ccTLD (.uy), which formalized its businesses (RSVP). TO GROW relationship with ICANN in 2009. Fadi • Breakfast for local companies and work in our region. said that the experience was extremely positive and that he really enjoyed taking part in this event. Meetings held at Casa The opening of the Engagement Center in Montevideo and the de Internet with leading organizations in charge of Internet governance resulted visit of the president of the corporation, Fadi Chehadé, as well in a historical and extremely relevant as the holding of the 48th ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires are document to the future of cooperation Strategic Plan for the region on the internet called “Declaration of developments that demonstrate the strength of the organization. Montevideo”. This document was also central to many discussions of the Our organization found that the languages of the region. Internet Governance Forum held in Bali. there still is a low representation A significant effort is being You should read it here: http://www. of certain groups of interest made for greater visibility in In recent months, several developments icann.org/es/news/press/releases/ ICANN’s team for the region of Latin within ICANN. Many of the the region, for example through have mobilized us at ICANN. Among the release-07oct13-es main ones, there is the opening of our America and the Caribbean is composed actions of the strategic plan the promotion of new content Engagement Center for Latin America currently being implemented on different topics of interest in and the Caribbean in July 2013. The of Rodrigo de la Parra, Vice President Meeting in Buenos Aires seek to alleviate the situation Spanish (see for example, the inauguration took place in the context and encourage the participation last notes in Spanish on ICANN’s of our efforts to internationalize Another good news for this year and that for Latin America and the Caribbean, of groups that do not currently blog, the latest press releases our operations. The purpose of this really excites us is the holding of our Center is to increase participation Albert Daniels, relationship manager organization’s 48th meeting in the iconic participate in an active manner. disseminated in Spanish and and improve our relationship with city of Buenos Aires from November 17 Our Relationship Centre works the promotional material to be different stakeholders from the Internet for the Caribbean, and Alexandra Dans, to 21. We met in this city 15 years ago under that approach, for distributed in Buenos Aires). community, fulfilling the communication to discuss the white paper that would example by producing guidance Also, we shall very soon launch needs of our region. lead to the creation of ICANN. Communications Manager for Latin material and content in the ICANN’s website for Latin The Engagement Center is located in America and the Caribbean. We invite you to watch the video “Internet languages of our region. America and the Caribbean. Casa de Internet Latinoamérica y el Caribe pioneers in the region of Latin America Finally, within the strategic (Latin America and the Caribbean and the Caribbean” that we have Several projects are already plan, the purpose is to also Internet House), a unique initiative in the We recommend watching the video of available at: http://www.youtube.com/ prepared for this important occasion and underway. One of them is to seek to support the holding world. This privileged position allows Casa de Internet, available in Spanish with watch?v=uhF314uU6Hc which shall be released during the event. strengthen our presence in the of technical workshops, as the synergies with sister organizations in subtitles in English and Portuguese.