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The latest updates and articles from the IAF
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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Mar 28, 20204 min read
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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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Mar 24, 20203 min read
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Knowledge Discovery Alone Is Not a Similarly Significant Effect
New knowledge drives mankind forward. Sometimes the knowledge is used wisely; sometimes it is not. Sometimes inappropriate uses have...
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Mar 4, 20204 min read
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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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Jan 15, 20202 min read
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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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Dec 13, 20193 min read
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IAF Releases “Advanced Data Analytic Processing – 2019 Update”
Central to the work of the Information Accountability Foundation is the concept that using data to discover new insights about people...
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Nov 11, 20191 min read
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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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Oct 31, 201914 min read
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Hard Law Must Mesh With Contextual Based Fair Use
The 41st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) will take place in late October in Tirana,...
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Sep 24, 20193 min read
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Look to Baseball for an Example of Accountability Oversight
One of the ways to enhance the trustworthiness of accountability processes is for there to be oversight of the accountability process. ...
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Sep 9, 20192 min read
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Big Data Set to Transform Privacy, Create New Iteration of Accountability
By Murray Griffin June 12 –Businesses must rethink their approach to privacy in the era of big data, and they risk a costly backlash if...
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Jun 12, 20193 min read
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The Glacial Movement of Privacy and the Implications to Accountability
As we see more and more draft privacy law being introduced in Congress and in state legislatures, an increasing number of enforcement...
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Apr 25, 20194 min read
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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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Apr 22, 20194 min read
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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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Nov 9, 20181 min read
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IAF Releases U.S. Privacy Framework Discussion Document
Draft 6 08282018 0800 The time is right to discuss an updated privacy framework for the United States that maintains the ability to think...
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Aug 28, 20187 min read
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Convergence Versus Divergence in Global Data Flows
Talk of trade wars makes the importance of data driven innovation even more pressing. Trade agreements affect not just tangible assets,...
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Mar 14, 20182 min read
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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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Sep 24, 20175 min read
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