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 ...

Assessing the ADPPA for Improvements that Would Not Impact Basic Design

By Martin Abrams | August 15, 2022 | Comments Off on Assessing the ADPPA for Improvements that Would Not Impact Basic Design

The views expressed are Martin Abrams’ and shared by other…

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IAF Leadership Continuity 

By Scott Taylor | | Comments Off on IAF Leadership Continuity 

By Scott Taylor  IAF Board Chair  I am pleased to…

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The Summer of New Data Protection Redirection

By Martin Abrams | July 12, 2022 | Comments Off on The Summer of New Data Protection Redirection

Canada and the United Kingdom are putting forward fair processing…

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The Overturning of Roe v. Wade Undermines the Right to Privacy

By Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams | June 27, 2022 | Comments Off on The Overturning of Roe v. Wade Undermines the Right to Privacy

The effect of the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of…

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The Right to Privacy is as Important as the Right to Use Guns

By Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams | June 6, 2022 | Comments Off on The Right to Privacy is as Important as the Right to Use Guns

Due to the recent mass shootings, especially those of shoppers…

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A Data Protection Bill with an Entirely Different Tone

By Martin Abrams | May 11, 2022 | Comments Off on A Data Protection Bill with an Entirely Different Tone

The Queen’s speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles on…

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IAF Testifies on Pre-Rulemaking for California Privacy Rights Act

By Barb Lawler | May 10, 2022 | Comments Off on IAF Testifies on Pre-Rulemaking for California Privacy Rights Act

California set in motion a major milestone by creating a…

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There are Many Reasons to Worry About Data Transfers, but the Austrian DPA Second Google Analytics Decision Should not be one of Them

By Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams | May 4, 2022 | Comments Off on There are Many Reasons to Worry About Data Transfers, but the Austrian DPA Second Google Analytics Decision Should not be one of Them

noyb’s posting that the “risk-based approach” to data transfers has…

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The Shape Shifting Nature of Privacy Risk Management

By Martin Abrams | April 6, 2022 | Comments Off on The Shape Shifting Nature of Privacy Risk Management

For the past decade, the privacy ecosystem, company CPOs, policymakers,…

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The Right to Data Sharing for Security is a Fundamental Human Right

By Information Accountability | March 10, 2022 | Comments Off on The Right to Data Sharing for Security is a Fundamental Human Right

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine reinforces the fact we live…

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