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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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Dynamic Data Security Should Be the Policy Default: Dynamic Data Obscurity Revisited

By Martin Abrams | January 11, 2021 | Comments Off on Dynamic Data Security Should Be the Policy Default: Dynamic Data Obscurity Revisited

The IAF used the phrase “Dynamic Data Obscurity” in 2015 when…

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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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There Is Only One Opportunity for Initial Design of the First Data Protection Agency in the United States

By Martin Abrams | December 10, 2020 | Comments Off on There 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,…

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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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Canada is the Right Place to Explore Next Generation Privacy Legislation

By Martin Abrams | September 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Canada is the Right Place to Explore Next Generation Privacy Legislation

Privacy law is less settled today than it was when…

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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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Time for a Global Treaty

By Martin Abrams | July 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Time for a Global Treaty

“What a revoltin’ development this is!”  This exclamation is from the 1950’s…

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Privacy Law Must Focus on Consequential Harm

By Martin Abrams | June 2, 2020 | Comments Off on Privacy Law Must Focus on Consequential Harm

There is general agreement that privacy analysis and enforcement should…

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Knowledge Discovery Alone Is Not a Similarly Significant Effect

By Information Accountability | March 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Knowledge Discovery Alone Is Not a Similarly Significant Effect

New knowledge drives mankind forward. Sometimes the knowledge is used wisely;…

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