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50 Year Heritage of the FAIR and OPEN USE ACT

By Martin Abrams | June 24, 2021 | Comments Off on 50 Year Heritage of the FAIR and OPEN USE ACT

Permissible uses for personal data, a key component of the…

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Time To Break the Privacy Legislative Paradigm – IAF Model Legislation

By Martin Abrams | June 3, 2021 | Comments Off on Time To Break the Privacy Legislative Paradigm – IAF Model Legislation

Federal privacy legislation in the United States is stuck.  There…

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AI and the Road to Expansive Impact Assessments

By Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen | May 20, 2021 | Comments Off on AI and the Road to Expansive Impact Assessments

Assessments related to the complex use of data pertaining to…

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Enforcement: To Be Effective, One Needs to be Selective

By Martin Abrams | April 7, 2021 | Comments Off on Enforcement: To Be Effective, One Needs to be Selective

Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United…

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Lesson from the North: The Expectations for Federal Privacy Legislation Will Overwhelm the Process

By Lynn Goldstein | March 30, 2021 | Comments Off on Lesson from the North: The Expectations for Federal Privacy Legislation Will Overwhelm the Process

Are the goals of a comprehensive U.S. privacy bill to…

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Schrems II and HR Data

By Martin Abrams | March 10, 2021 | Comments Off on Schrems II and HR Data

The balancing of rights and freedoms is one of the…

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In 2021, the Policy Currents will Blow Hard from Numerous Directions

By Martin Abrams | January 27, 2021 | Comments Off on In 2021, the Policy Currents will Blow Hard from Numerous Directions

A generation ago privacy was much simpler.  By “a generation…

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The Movement Towards Demonstrable Accountability – Why It Matters

By Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen | December 14, 2020 | Comments Off on The Movement Towards Demonstrable Accountability – Why It Matters

First published in IAPP Daily Dashboard There is “accountability tension”…

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Multilateral Proportionality Requires Definition

By Martin Abrams | October 29, 2020 | Comments Off on Multilateral Proportionality Requires Definition

The stresses of 2020 have challenged the data protection community’s…

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Muddling as a Data Protection Strategy

By Martin Abrams | August 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Muddling as a Data Protection Strategy

Schrems II has led to muddling as the latest data…

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