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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

Do pervasive watching and recording cause risks to individuals and society that justify new legislation specific to this risk?   Digital...

Data protection law is not always about data protection or privacy; sometimes it is just about power.  Last week I was bothered by tweets...

The EU Commission today (June 28, 2021) announced that the UK has been granted adequacy for data flows from Europe to the UK.  The UK...

Permissible uses for personal data, a key component of the FAIR and OPEN USE ACT , were invented in the United States 50 years ago.  The...

Federal privacy legislation in the United States is stuck.  There are many reasons for this, but the fact is that the old privacy...

Assessments related to the complex use of data pertaining to people are about to expand significantly requiring new skills by both...