An Educational Blog About Information Accountability

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 ...

A Principled Approach to Data Protection Risk Balancing

Dec 13, 2022
Data is necessary for information, and information is necessary for knowledge.  Knowledge can be used to advance as well as ...

IAF BLOG- Data Ethics Must Translate into Sound Business Process

By Information Accountability | October 22, 2018 | Comments Off on IAF BLOG- Data Ethics Must Translate into Sound Business Process

Many of the world’s privacy, technology, and policy experts are…

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Evolving Accountability to Ethical Data Stewardship – A Key Part of Wave Four Privacy Laws

By Information Accountability | October 12, 2018 | Comments Off on Evolving Accountability to Ethical Data Stewardship – A Key Part of Wave Four Privacy Laws

In order to encourage innovation in their regions, digital information…

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IAF creates U.S. Privacy Framework Discussion Group

By Information Accountability | September 18, 2018 | Comments Off on IAF creates U.S. Privacy Framework Discussion Group

The United States is in the early stages of creating…

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Fourth Privacy Legislative Wave for Publication

By Martin Abrams | September 12, 2018 | Comments Off on Fourth Privacy Legislative Wave for Publication

Privacy legislation again is a hot topic in the United…

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IAF Releases U.S. Privacy Framework Discussion Document

By Information Accountability | August 28, 2018 | Comments Off on IAF Releases U.S. Privacy Framework Discussion Document

Draft 6 08282018 0800 The time is right to discuss…

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

By Lynn Goldstein and 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 Information Accountability | 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 Information Accountability | 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 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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