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Global CBPR and the Long Dance towards Interoperability

Jun 6, 2024
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

Apr 16, 2024
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.

Mar 22, 2024
By: Lynn Goldstein & Steve Wood Binding corporate rules (BCRs) form a crucial governance and data protection strategy for many ...

Honoring the Women of IAF on International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2024
Today and every day we are proud to celebrate the women of the Information Accountability Foundation on International Women's Day: ...

IAF submission to the European Commission’s GDPR review report – more to be done to unlock responsible and accountable innovation

Feb 26, 2024
By: Elizabeth Denham (Chief Strategist) & Steve Wood (Senior Strategist) Article 97 of the GDPR requires the European Commission to ...

Steve Wood, former ICO Deputy Commissioner and Chief Policy Advisor, joins the IAF as Senior Strategist

Jan 16, 2024
I am delighted to announce that Steve Wood will join the Information Accountability Foundation as a Senior Strategist, effective January ...

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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AI Without Data is Artificial Ignorance

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