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The latest updates and articles from the IAF


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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Lynn Goldstein
Mar 30, 20213 min read
Lesson from the North: The Expectations for Federal Privacy Legislation Will Overwhelm the Process
By: Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams Are the goals of a comprehensive U.S. privacy bill to cure the ills of surveillance capitalism? ...
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Martin Abrams
Jan 27, 20218 min read
In 2021, the Policy Currents will Blow Hard from Numerous Directions
A generation ago privacy was much simpler. By “a generation ago,” I mean the beginning of this century. Yes, the early years of the...
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Peter Cullen
Dec 14, 20204 min read
The Movement Towards Demonstrable Accountability – Why It Matters
First published in IAPP Daily Dashboard There is “accountability tension” going on which has the potential to stifle technology and data...
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Martin Abrams
Oct 28, 20206 min read
Multilateral Proportionality Requires Definition
The stresses of 2020 have challenged the data protection community’s understanding of data protection and how to apply its practices....
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Martin Abrams
Aug 18, 20203 min read
Muddling as a Data Protection Strategy
Schrems II has led to muddling as the latest data protection strategy. The muddling is over transferring data from Europe to anywhere...
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Martin Abrams
Aug 5, 20203 min read
Data Protection Should Be Proportional to Other Individual Rights
COVID-19 has been a grim reminder of how unfair the world is. People of color and people who are economically challenged have had more...
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The IAF Team
Apr 12, 20208 min read
Take the Long View: Demonstrable Accountability
Every year at this time the Ten Commandments is aired on network TV and every year many of us end up watching at least part of...
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Peter Cullen
Mar 27, 20204 min read
A Pivot (Back) to Accountability
In a recent article , Sheila Colclasure, Senior Vice President and Global Public Policy Officer at LiveRamp, wrote: “If you want your...
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The IAF Team
Mar 23, 20203 min read
Demonstrable Accountability and People Beneficial Data Use
Data driven societies and economies must create a means for data that pertains to people to be used in a productive and protected...
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The IAF Team
Jan 15, 20202 min read
IAF Releases Model Legislation Summary
The California Consumer Privacy Protection Act went into effect on January 1, and a ballot initiative to update that law is slated for...
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The IAF Team
Dec 13, 20193 min read
Digital Activities go Beyond Privacy and Data Protection
Sunday, November 10, the New York Times ran a story on the ability of bad persons to hide and distribute child pornography on the...
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Guest Author
Oct 30, 201914 min read
Christopher Docksey – Keynote on Accountability At the 41st Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners 24 October 2019 in Tirana, Albania
Good morning. I would like to thank the International Conference and Commissioner Besnik Dervishi and his staff for inviting me here...
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The IAF Team
Apr 21, 20194 min read
Stewards Not Fiduciaries
The FTC held its hearing on its Approach to Consumer Privacy on April 9 and 10 In Washington DC. At that Hearing, the questions...
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The IAF Team
Nov 9, 20181 min read
Legitimate Processing Invented here in the U.S.
Privacy law began in the United States when Congress enacted the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) in 1970. While framed as...
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The IAF Team
Oct 21, 20182 min read
IAF BLOG- Data Ethics Must Translate into Sound Business Process
Many of the world’s privacy, technology, and policy experts are in Brussels this week for the 40th International Conference of Data...
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Martin Abrams
Sep 11, 20185 min read
Fourth Privacy Legislative Wave for Publication
Privacy legislation again is a hot topic in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act has added to the pressure provided by...
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The IAF Team
Sep 23, 20175 min read
The Need for An Ethical Framework
The vast amount of data made possible and accessible through today’s information technologies, and the ever-increasing analytical...
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The IAF Team
Sep 21, 20172 min read
Accountability Does Work
143,000,000 people were the victims of a recent data breach when their data was stolen from Equifax, a company that has an obligation to...
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The IAF Team
Jun 14, 20173 min read
The Colombia Congress Matters
There seems to be a privacy conference every week in the United States or Europe. However, privacy training and policy development in...
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