Posts by Martin Abrams
Multilateral 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…
Read MorePrivacy Law Must Focus on Consequential Harm
There is general agreement that privacy analysis and enforcement should be more risk based. The IAF increasingly is looking at risk in terms of consequential processing and at case studies…
Read MoreFourth Privacy Legislative Wave for Publication
Privacy legislation again is a hot topic in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act has added to the pressure provided by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation…
Read MoreKey Infrastructure Issues Central to Next Generation Privacy Legislation
A comprehensive privacy law is again being considered in the United States, with numerous draft bills out for discussion. Key elements of any privacy law are how it will be…
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