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

It is increasingly understood digital agendas in both the public and private sectors are about creating safe pathways for data to turn...

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

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

The IAF has submitted its comments on the FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Surveillance Capitalism and Security (ANPR). ...

Professor Lokke Moerel is right.  The European data protection commissioners have done their best to use cases, guidance, and opinions to...

I was well into writing a blog related to the Federal Trade Commission’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on “Commercial...

The views expressed are Martin Abrams’ and shared by other members of the IAF team.  They do not necessarily reflect the views of the IAF...

By Scott Taylor  IAF Board Chair  I am pleased to announce that Barb Lawler has been elected President of the Information Accountability...

Canada and the United Kingdom are putting forward fair processing ideas that I believe will lead to a new direction in the way data...

The effect of the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is not limited to the right to abortion and bodily autonomy. ...

Due to the recent mass shootings, especially those of shoppers at a Buffalo supermarket and of school children in Uvalde, there is much...

The Queen’s speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles on May 10th, contained the expected announcement that the UK government intends...

California set in motion a major milestone by creating a data protection authority, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”)...

Noyb’s posting that the “risk-based approach” to data transfers has been rejected is disingenuous.  Moreover, the Austrian Data...

For the past decade, the privacy ecosystem, company CPOs, policymakers, regulators, academics, advocates, the courts and others have been...

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine reinforces the fact we live in a very complicated and dangerous world.  This attack on an...

Today is International Women’s Day, and we want to recognize the women who make the IAF strong, with a special focus on a long-standing...

There is growing evidence that data forward processes will require governance that considers impacts not just to privacy and cyber...

The ability for iPhone users to control tracking will have a $10-billion impact on Facebook’s future revenue says Meta.  This impact...

There is little debate that the United States needs a comprehensive privacy law. There also is little debate that the U.S. is no closer...

The recently completed UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Consultation on “ Data: A new direction ”  on revising...

A paradox exists due to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled technology.  The adoption of AI by more and more...

The UK Government’s consultation, “Data:  A New Direction” (“Consultation”), reframes the objectives for data protection in a manner not...