28 January 2019 Daw Nwe Ni Soe Yin Director, Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) By email: nwenisoeyin@gmail.com Dear Daw Nwe Ni Soe Yin, Firstly, we would like to thank the Ministry again for its full participation in the Myanmar Digital Right Forum (MDRF). There were a number of stakeholders who commented very positively on MoTC’s willingness to engage on digital rights. We had 250+ participants in total which demonstrates the growing interest of the Myanmar public in digital rights. We also hope it was helpful to introduce MoTC to new and interested stakeholders. More information on the MDRF is available on our website.1 In this letter, we are sending comments as requested during the consultation meeting held on 25 January 2019 on the two reports presented by the consultants TRPC-CMS-Lincoln Legal: (1) Legal Advisory of Cyber Legal and Policy Framework: Benchmark Study and Gap Analysis of Cyber Laws - Work Item 5.1 Benchmark Study Against Global Benchmark Indexes (2) Legal Advisory of Cyber Legal and Policy Framework: Benchmark Study and Gap Analysis of Cyber Laws - Work Item 5.2 Benchmark Study of Cyber Laws by Jurisdiction Our brief, overview comments at this stage are set out in the Annex below. We are also taking the opportunity to send soft copies of the Policy Briefs we distributed at the MoTC consultation. In addition, we intend to provide more detailed comments as part of the forthcoming consultations, once the draft policy frameworks(s) and draft law(s) are available for comment. Thank you again for the opportunity to comment and we look forward in working closely with your Ministry on this important area. Sincerely, Vicky Bowman Director, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business _________________________________________________________________________________ Annex - MCRB Overview Comments 1. Consultation Process - Timing 1 https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/digital-rights-forum-2019-report.html 1