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Assessments in an AI World – Requirements for US State Privacy Laws

By: Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen Data Protection Assessment required by U.S. state privacy laws call for balancing of all ...

IAF Sees NIST Making Notable Advances in Their NIST Privacy Framework v.1.1 Concept Paper

The IAF supports updating the NIST Privacy Framework and encourages consistency and alignment between the Privacy Framework and the Cybersecurity ...

Multistakeholder Sessions Set the Tone for the New Wave of Demonstrable Assessments (Part 1)

By: Lynn Goldstein and Barb Lawler This month the IAF held a multistakeholder session featuring our research on Demonstrable Assessments ...

Global CBPR and the Long Dance towards Interoperability

By Steve Wood In mid-May I joined colleagues from around the globe for the recent Global CBPR Forum in Tokyo. ...

A Renaissance for the Privacy Profession

In 2024, privacy and data-protection professionals across the globe are grappling with unprecedented advancements in technology. Add to that rapidly ...

A recent EDPB decision on criteria for a GDPR Main Establishment in the EU puts the use and benefits of BCRs potentially at risk.

By: Lynn Goldstein & Steve Wood Binding corporate rules (BCRs) form a crucial governance and data protection strategy for many ...

More Comprehensive US Privacy Laws are Inevitable — What Do We Want them to Be?

By Peter Cullen | July 12, 2018 | Comments Off on More Comprehensive US Privacy Laws are Inevitable — What Do We Want them to Be?

“Data should serve people, people should not serve data.” With…

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It Is Time to Rethink the Governance of Observational Data

By The IAF Team | April 2, 2018 | Comments Off on It Is Time to Rethink the Governance of Observational Data

As long as there has been data, there has been…

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Convergence Versus Divergence in Global Data Flows

By The IAF Team | March 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Convergence Versus Divergence in Global Data Flows

Talk of trade wars makes the importance of data driven…

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Key Infrastructure Issues Central to Next Generation Privacy Legislation

By Martin Abrams | January 28, 2018 | Comments Off on Key Infrastructure Issues Central to Next Generation Privacy Legislation

A comprehensive privacy law is again being considered in the…

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

By 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 The IAF Team | 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 The IAF Team | 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 The IAF Team | 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 The IAF Team | 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 The IAF Team | 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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