An Educational Blog About Information Accountability

There Is Privacy Law Innovation in the United States

May 1, 2023
U.S. states are leading innovation in data protection law and regulation.  Four states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia) have enacted ...

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling are Not New Issues

Mar 29, 2023
The following blog was taken directly from the IAF comments filed in response to the California Privacy Protection Agency request ...

CLEANUP IN AISLE ADPPA

Mar 20, 2023
A comprehensive, preemptive, federal privacy law that creates a single set of rules for the United States is a once ...

The IAF Celebrates Ten Years of Focusing on Accountability and Governance

Feb 21, 2023
The IAF celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2023, and recently published our annual report - 2022 Highlights and 2023 Policy Directions. Over ...

Making Data Driven Innovation Work

Feb 14, 2023
It is increasingly understood digital agendas in both the public and private sectors are about creating safe pathways for data ...

Who Is Paying the Policy Debt?

Jan 27, 2023
Everyone! There is a technology concept called the “tech debt.”  It accumulates over time when software development applies the easy ...

Are GDPR Guidelines Becoming So Complex They May Overwhelm Businesses Ability to Meet Them?

By Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen | January 18, 2018 | Comments Off on Are GDPR Guidelines Becoming So Complex They May Overwhelm Businesses Ability to Meet Them?

Authored by Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen Last December the…

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Guidance and Un-Legislated Law

By Information Accountability | December 4, 2017 | Comments Off on Guidance and Un-Legislated Law

In 2016 and 2017, the Article 29 Data Protection Working…

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Accountability Does Work

By Information Accountability | September 22, 2017 | Comments Off on Accountability Does Work

143,000,000 people were the victims of a recent data breach…

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Latin American Data Export Governance

By Information Accountability | August 2, 2017 | Comments Off on Latin American Data Export Governance

Data flows are global, but privacy laws are local. I…

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The Colombia Congress Matters

By Information Accountability | June 15, 2017 | Comments Off on The Colombia Congress Matters

There seems to be a privacy conference every week in…

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Assessments are the Hub of a Forward-Looking Data Protection Program

By Information Accountability | May 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Assessments are the Hub of a Forward-Looking Data Protection Program

The term “assessments” appear a great deal in IAF work. …

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AI Without Data is Artificial Ignorance

By Information Accountability | March 13, 2017 | Comments Off on AI Without Data is Artificial Ignorance

Many years ago, I attended a seminar in Prague on…

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Comprehensive Data Impact Assessments Set the Stage for Accountability 2.0

By Information Accountability | March 2, 2017 | Comments Off on Comprehensive Data Impact Assessments Set the Stage for Accountability 2.0

There is no disagreement, whether in Europe, the Americas or…

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Fairness and Unfairness Moving Farther Apart

By Information Accountability | February 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Fairness and Unfairness Moving Farther Apart

Fairness has become a huge data protection policy driver in…

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The Need for An Ethical Framework

By Information Accountability | January 24, 2017 | Comments Off on The Need for An Ethical Framework

The vast amount of data made possible and accessible through…

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