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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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
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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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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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
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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Martin Abrams
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Does the Conduct of Observation Merit Dedicated Legislation?
Do pervasive watching and recording cause risks to individuals and society that justify new legislation specific to this risk? Digital...
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Martin Abrams
Aug 24, 20213 min read
When Data Protection Is Not About Data Protection
Data protection law is not always about data protection or privacy; sometimes it is just about power. Last week I was bothered by tweets...
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The IAF Team
Aug 9, 20217 min read
Summary of IAF Comments on Proposed EU AI Regulation
Using AI to enable the creation of better insights and for better predictive capabilities a is a clear objective of the European...
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Martin Abrams
Jun 2, 20212 min read
Time To Break the Privacy Legislative Paradigm – IAF Model Legislation
Federal privacy legislation in the United States is stuck. There are many reasons for this, but the fact is that the old privacy...
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Martin Abrams
Apr 20, 20213 min read
A Trusted Digital Ecosystem Requires Glass Breaking Legislative Change – IAF Summit Recap
The observational age that drives change in all avenues of human life requires data governance marked by an orderly transition to...
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Martin Abrams
Apr 6, 20214 min read
Enforcement: To Be Effective, One Needs to be Selective
Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, said: “To be effective as a regulator, one needs to be...
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Martin Abrams
Mar 31, 20214 min read
Avoid the Well-Worn Groove to Make Privacy Governance Better
Writing privacy legislation that is fit for its intended purpose is not easy. Just using the term “privacy legislation” can be...
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