Do pervasive watching and recording cause risks to individuals and society that justify new legislation specific to this risk?   Digital...

Data protection law is not always about data protection or privacy; sometimes it is just about power.  Last week I was bothered by tweets...

Using AI to enable the creation of  better insights and for better predictive capabilities a is a clear objective of the European...

The EU Commission today (June 28, 2021) announced that the UK has been granted adequacy for data flows from Europe to the UK.  The UK...

Permissible uses for personal data, a key component of the FAIR and OPEN USE ACT , were invented in the United States 50 years ago.  The...

Federal privacy legislation in the United States is stuck.  There are many reasons for this, but the fact is that the old privacy...

Assessments related to the complex use of data pertaining to people are about to expand significantly requiring new skills by both...

The observational age that drives change in all avenues of human life requires data governance marked by an orderly transition to...

Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, said: “To be effective as a regulator, one needs to be...

Writing privacy legislation that is fit for its intended purpose is not easy.  Just using the term “privacy legislation” can be...

By: Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams Are the goals of a comprehensive U.S. privacy bill to cure the ills of surveillance capitalism? ...

The Information Accountability Foundation ( IAF ) is pleased to announce that it is adding to its leadership.  Barb Lawler is joining the...

The balancing of rights and freedoms is one of the great innovations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) but one of the...

A generation ago privacy was much simpler.  By “a generation ago,” I mean the beginning of this century.  Yes, the early years of the...

The IAF used the phrase “Dynamic Data Obscurity” in 2015 when I organized a Washington dialog and a Brussels session.   With Schrems II...

First published in IAPP Daily Dashboard There is “accountability tension” going on which has the potential to stifle technology and data...

This blog reflects the views of Marty Abrams The style, substance and leadership of data protection agencies make a difference.  Every...

The stresses of 2020 have challenged the data protection community’s understanding of data protection and how to apply its practices....

Written by Dennis Hirsch, Faculty Director, Ohio State Program on Data and Governance To succeed in a data-driven economy, companies must...

The IAF will hold a policy call October 14 on “What is Risk?” There are different types of privacy risks, and policymakers/regulators and...

Privacy law is less settled today than it was when the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect two...

Schrems II has led to muddling as the latest data protection strategy.  The muddling is over transferring data from Europe to anywhere...

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...

The IAF has focused on accountability that achieves fair processing when information is used for innovative purposes.  This focus means...