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Jan 26 2023

National ABA Consumer Protection Conference

WPF is delighted to announce that WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon is co-chairing the American Bar Association’s National Consumer Protection Conference with Chris Olsen, formerly in the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau and now a partner at Wilson Sonsini. The conference will be hosted in San Diego 8-9 February, at the Westgate Hotel. Conference registration and

Jan 19 2023

WPF oral comments at FTC Open Commission Meeting

WPF’s Pam Dixon will make an oral statement today at the FTC Open Commission Meeting. Who: US Federal Trade Commission When: 19 January 2023, 11 am Eastern What: WPF will make a statement on the record regarding consumer health privacy. Video of Statement: (WPF’s statement is at the start of the meeting.)

Jan 19 2023

WHO HDC Meeting

Meeting: World Health Organization Health Data Collaborative WPF is co-chair of WHO’s Research, Academia, andTechnical Constituency, which will meet 19 January to discuss the 2023 workplan as well as the forthcoming mission to Nepal regarding CRVS and GIS systems.

Jan 18 2023

OECD Network of Experts on AI: Expert group on tools & accountability

Meeting: OECD, Network of Experts of AI, Expert group on tools and accountability When: 18 January 2023 Where: Virtual More information: WPF is a member of this expert group representing civil society (CSISAC) . The work from this expert group is published in the OECD AI Observatory under the Tools & Accountability project. See: Tools

Dec 10 2022

OECD Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting

The World Privacy Forum with ADC have been designated as the Civil Society Heads of Delegation for the OECD Ministerial. Pam Dixon, Executive Director of WPF and Valeria Milanes, Executive Director of ADC will be the delegates on site in Gran Canaria. For this event, WPF and ADC have collaborated on a global research project

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Report: From the Filing Cabinet to the Cloud: Updating the Privacy Act of 1974

This comprehensive report and proposed bill text is focused on the Privacy Act of 1974, an important and early Federal privacy law that applies to the government sector and some contractors. The Privacy Act was written for the 1970s information era -- an era that was characterized by the use of mainframe computers and filing cabinets. Today's digital information era looks much different than the '70s: smart phones are smarter than the old mainframes, and documents are now routinely digitized and stored and perhaps even analyzed in the cloud, among many other changes. The report focuses on why the Privacy Act needs an update that will bring it into this century, and how that could look and work. This work was written by Robert Gellman, and informed by a two-year multi-stakeholder process.
COVID-19 and HIPAA: HHS’s Troubled Approach to Waiving Privacy and Security Rules for the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic strained the U.S. health ecosystem in numerous ways, including putting pressure on the HIPAA privacy and security rules. The Department of Health and Human Services adjusted the privacy and security rules for the pandemic through the use of statutory and administrative HIPAA waivers. While some of the adjustments are appropriate for the emergency circumstances, there are also some meaningful and potentially unwelcome privacy and security consequences. At an appropriate time, the use of HIPAA waivers as a response to health care emergencies needs a thorough review. This report sets out the facts, identifies the issues, and proposes a roadmap for change.