The IAF Celebrates Ten Years of Focusing on Accountability and Governance
The IAF celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2023, and recently published our annual report – 2022 Highlights and 2023 Policy Directions ....
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IAF Blog
The latest updates and articles from the IAF
Peter Cullen
Feb 14, 20234 min read
Making Data Driven Innovation Work
It is increasingly understood digital agendas in both the public and private sectors are about creating safe pathways for data to turn...
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Martin Abrams
Jan 27, 20234 min read
Who Is Paying the Policy Debt?
Everyone! There is a technology concept called the “tech debt.” It accumulates over time when software development applies the easy and...
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Martin Abrams
Dec 13, 20221 min read
A Principled Approach to Data Protection Risk Balancing
Data is necessary for information, and information is necessary for knowledge. Knowledge can be used to advance as well as hinder...
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Martin Abrams
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Time for an Unfairness Rule on Fair Information Processing
The IAF has submitted its comments on the FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Surveillance Capitalism and Security (ANPR). ...
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Martin Abrams
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Let’s Return Risk to the Risk Based Approach
Professor Lokke Moerel is right. The European data protection commissioners have done their best to use cases, guidance, and opinions to...
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Martin Abrams
Aug 31, 20224 min read
Location Data and Evidence for the FTC ANPR
I was well into writing a blog related to the Federal Trade Commission’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on “Commercial...
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Martin Abrams
Aug 14, 20224 min read
Assessing the ADPPA for Improvements that Would Not Impact Basic Design
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...
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The IAF Team
Jul 31, 20221 min read
IAF Leadership Continuity
By Scott Taylor IAF Board Chair I am pleased to announce that Barb Lawler has been elected President of the Information Accountability...
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Martin Abrams
Jul 11, 20224 min read
The Summer of New Data Protection Redirection
Canada and the United Kingdom are putting forward fair processing ideas that I believe will lead to a new direction in the way data...
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Lynn Goldstein
Jun 26, 20225 min read
The Overturning of Roe v. Wade Undermines the Right to Privacy
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. ...
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Lynn Goldstein
Jun 5, 20223 min read
The Right to Privacy is as Important as the Right to Use Guns
Due to the recent mass shootings, especially those of shoppers at a Buffalo supermarket and of school children in Uvalde, there is much...
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Martin Abrams
May 10, 20222 min read
A Data Protection Bill with an Entirely Different Tone
The Queen’s speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles on May 10th, contained the expected announcement that the UK government intends...
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Barb Lawler
May 9, 20222 min read
IAF Testifies on Pre-Rulemaking for California Privacy Rights Act
California set in motion a major milestone by creating a data protection authority, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”)...
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Lynn Goldstein
May 3, 20224 min read
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 been rejected is disingenuous. Moreover, the Austrian Data...
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Martin Abrams
Apr 5, 20224 min read
The Shape Shifting Nature of Privacy Risk Management
For the past decade, the privacy ecosystem, company CPOs, policymakers, regulators, academics, advocates, the courts and others have been...
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The IAF Team
Mar 10, 20223 min read
The Right to Data Sharing for Security is a Fundamental Human Right
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine reinforces the fact we live in a very complicated and dangerous world. This attack on an...
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The IAF Team
Mar 8, 20221 min read
We Honor our Colleagues on International Women’s Day
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...
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Martin Abrams
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Verified Governance is Coming Like a Runaway Freight Train
There is growing evidence that data forward processes will require governance that considers impacts not just to privacy and cyber...
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Martin Abrams
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Stewardship Is Still the Key
The ability for iPhone users to control tracking will have a $10-billion impact on Facebook’s future revenue says Meta. This impact...
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Martin Abrams
Jan 18, 20224 min read
Enacting Privacy Legislation Requires Defining Desired Obtainable Outcomes
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...
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Martin Abrams
Dec 6, 20212 min read
A Pivotal Event in Data Protection Law
The recently completed UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Consultation on “ Data: A new direction ” on revising...
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Peter Cullen
Oct 18, 20214 min read
AI Impact Assessments Are Necessary and Additive to Existing Business Processes
A paradox exists due to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled technology. The adoption of AI by more and more...
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Martin Abrams
Sep 14, 20213 min read
UK Alters the Trajectory for Global Data Protection Objectives
The UK Government’s consultation, “Data: A New Direction” (“Consultation”), reframes the objectives for data protection in a manner not...
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