To improve good governance, the balance between confidentiality and transparency
needs to be fostered. The current situation has reduced the public sphere, as many
individuals and other actors withdraw to try to protect their privacy and their integrity.
Others eschew the option of entering and participating in the public sphere. By not entering
or leaving the public sphere, those actors leave room for populists. A form of governance
is required that ensures privacy and fair information practices, so as to create the
conditions for dialog and so attract actors to the public sphere. This would create the
conditions for more private citizens to contribute their ideas. The more people participate
and the more ideas are brought in, more likely it is that better discussions will be
developed. The rebalancing of confidentiality and transparency as well as privacy and
accountability is an effort to rescue the public sphere.