Digital Privacy

WPF comments to NIST regarding its differential privacy guidance

WPF submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding its Draft Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees. The comments approach the NIST Draft Guidance from a policy perspective, and urged changes to some parts of the definitional language in the Draft Guidance. Key areas of the comments include: A discussion of the

WPF comments to CFPB regarding notice of proposed rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights

WPF submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding its notice of proposed rulemaking regarding Personal Financial Data Rights. This was a particularly important NPRM because it touches on multiple aspects of financial data in our modern era, which means that it touches privacy, identity, poverty, and digital rights in the financial sector. WPF

WPF’s contribution to ID4Africa Workshop on Privacy and Data Protection in ID Systems, Nairobi, Kenya 2023

The World Privacy Forum is pleased to provide a summary of Executive Director Pam Dixon’s work in Nairobi, Kenya at the ID4Africa AGM. Dixon served as the Senior Special Rapporteur for two workshops at the 2023 ID4Africa Annual General Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya 23-25 May. In June, ID4Africa hosted a live cast of  key participants from

Statement of Pam Dixon at the FTC Open Commission Meeting regarding health privacy statements and consumer confusion

Thank you Chair and Commissioners. The profusion of health apps, websites and digital tools that provide consumers with assistance and insights about their health is a positive development. However, it has come at the cost of increasing privacy risks. One of these risks is that consumers are confused about when and where federal health privacy protections apply to their health information.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT has opened a consultation on its freshly proposed comprehensive privacy legislation, DPDP 2022

After many study commissions and multiple serious attempts at a comprehensive data privacy bill, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has proposed a new draft privacy bill, and has opened a public consultation regarding the draft until 17 December 2022. The Ministry states that the proposed bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022