MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Chapter 4 – Guiding Principles This strategy is motivated on the following guiding principles:     People are the Priority Respect for Human Rights and Privacy. Coordination and co-responsibility of Multiple Stakeholders. International Cooperation 4.1 People are the Priority People are the strategy’s focus. The use of ICT in the different fields of daily life obliges us to include all country citizens in the strategy, so co-responsibility in the individual use of devices and networks shall be essential. With the foregoing, use of ICT as an instrument for life quality improvement shall be safely promoted, seeking to raise awareness on the consequences of the responsible use through education from the earliest ages. Any action should have the priority of involving the attention and mitigation of risks having an impact mainly o n vulnerable populations a s childhood, adolescents, the elder adults, indigenous populations and people with some type of disability. 4.2 Respect for Human Rights and Privacy Access to information and respect for privacy, are fundamental to guarantee respect for human rights, specifically those related with access to ICT. The resulting measures and actions from this strategy should always safeguard human rights and the privacy of the information for all citizens of the country. Consequently, this strategy has been developed taking into account the need to balance the protection of every citizen and respect for the basic and essential human rights, with the need to implement measures to keep them safes online. This includes respecting liberty of expression, freedom of speech, right to privacy, freedom of opinion and freedom of association. - 34 www.micitt.go.cr