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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

The observational age that drives change in all avenues of human life requires data governance marked by an orderly transition to...

First published in IAPP Daily Dashboard There is “accountability tension” going on which has the potential to stifle technology and data...