Posts by Martin Abrams
In 2021, the Policy Currents will Blow Hard from Numerous Directions
A generation ago privacy was much simpler. By “a generation ago,” I mean the beginning of this century. Yes, the early years of the Internet as a consumer medium and…
Read MoreDynamic Data Security Should Be the Policy Default: Dynamic Data Obscurity Revisited
The IAF used the phrase “Dynamic Data Obscurity” in 2015 when I organized a Washington dialog and a Brussels session. With Schrems II and draft legislation in Canada, it is time to…
Read MoreThere Is Only One Opportunity for Initial Design of the First Data Protection Agency in the United States
This blog reflects the views of Marty Abrams The style, substance and leadership of data protection agencies make a difference. Every agency understands its charge to protect individual rights. In…
Read MoreMultilateral Proportionality Requires Definition
The stresses of 2020 have challenged the data protection community’s understanding of data protection and how to apply its practices. COVID-19 has called for data driven solutions to keep humanity…
Read MoreRisk Based Should Be More Than A Cliché
The IAF will hold a policy call October 14 on “What is Risk?” There are different types of privacy risks, and policymakers/regulators and organizations need to understand the different types.…
Read MoreCanada is the Right Place to Explore Next Generation Privacy Legislation
Privacy law is less settled today than it was when the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect two years ago. While the GDPR has sparked new…
Read MoreMuddling as a Data Protection Strategy
Schrems II has led to muddling as the latest data protection strategy. The muddling is over transferring data from Europe to anywhere else in the world. The ultimate problem is…
Read MoreData Protection Should Be Proportional to Other Individual Rights
COVID-19 has been a grim reminder of how unfair the world is. People of color and people who are economically challenged have had more than their fair share of the…
Read MoreTime for a Global Treaty
“What a revoltin’ development this is!” This exclamation is from the 1950’s sitcom, “The Life of Riley.” Today it is a great description of the general state of the data protection profession. …
Read MorePrivacy Challenges of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises
The IAF has focused on accountability that achieves fair processing when information is used for innovative purposes. This focus means most of IAF’s corporate participants are very large enterprises or…
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