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...

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

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. ...

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

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...

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...

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

Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, said: “To be effective as a regulator, one needs to be...

Writing privacy legislation that is fit for its intended purpose is not easy.  Just using the term “privacy legislation” can be...

By: Lynn Goldstein & Marty Abrams Are the goals of a comprehensive U.S. privacy bill to cure the ills of surveillance capitalism? ...

A generation ago privacy was much simpler.  By “a generation ago,” I mean the beginning of this century.  Yes, the early years of the...