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...

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...

By Scott Taylor  IAF Board Chair  I am pleased to announce that Barb Lawler has been elected President of the Information Accountability...

The effect of the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is not limited to the right to abortion and bodily autonomy. ...

The Queen’s speech, which was delivered by Prince Charles on May 10th, contained the expected announcement that the UK government intends...

For the past decade, the privacy ecosystem, company CPOs, policymakers, regulators, academics, advocates, the courts and others have been...

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...

Using AI to enable the creation of  better insights and for better predictive capabilities a is a clear objective of the European...