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The latest updates and articles from the IAF


Time for an Unfairness Rule on Fair Information Processing
The IAF has submitted its comments on the FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Surveillance Capitalism and Security (ANPR). ...
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Nov 16, 20222 min read
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Location Data and Evidence for the FTC ANPR
I was well into writing a blog related to the Federal Trade Commission’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on “Commercial...
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Sep 1, 20224 min read
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Assessing the ADPPA for Improvements that Would Not Impact Basic Design
The views expressed are Martin Abrams’ and shared by other members of the IAF team. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the IAF...
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Aug 15, 20224 min read
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A Data Protection Bill with an Entirely Different Tone
The Queen’s speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles on May 10th, contained the expected announcement that the UK government intends...
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May 11, 20222 min read
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UK Alters the Trajectory for Global Data Protection Objectives
The UK Government’s consultation, “Data: A New Direction” (“Consultation”), reframes the objectives for data protection in a manner not...
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Sep 15, 20213 min read
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When Data Protection Is Not About Data Protection
Data protection law is not always about data protection or privacy; sometimes it is just about power. Last week I was bothered by tweets...
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Aug 25, 20213 min read
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A Trusted Digital Ecosystem Requires Glass Breaking Legislative Change – IAF Summit Recap
The observational age that drives change in all avenues of human life requires data governance marked by an orderly transition to...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
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Enforcement: To Be Effective, One Needs to be Selective
Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, said: “To be effective as a regulator, one needs to be...
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Apr 7, 20214 min read
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Lesson from the North: The Expectations for Federal Privacy Legislation Will Overwhelm the Process
By: Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams Are the goals of a comprehensive U.S. privacy bill to cure the ills of surveillance capitalism? ...
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Mar 30, 20213 min read
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Dynamic 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...
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Jan 11, 20213 min read
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Canada 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...
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Sep 9, 20206 min read
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Knowledge Discovery Alone Is Not a Similarly Significant Effect
New knowledge drives mankind forward. Sometimes the knowledge is used wisely; sometimes it is not. Sometimes inappropriate uses have...
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Mar 4, 20204 min read
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