Modern privacy

Data integrity, data manipulation, and privacy

In a new National Academies of Science report on the emerging bioeconomy, Safeguarding the Bioeconomy, the authors did something a bit unexpected: they called out cybersecurity and sensitive data protections and practices as significant co-factors for economic success. In the past, these same data security and privacy factors may well have been discussed as obstacles to progress.

The Profound Implications of U.S. v. Microsoft

In the world of privacy and global digital communications, the case of the United States v. Microsoft is a big deal. In June 2016 Microsoft won a victory in the case in the U.S. 2nd Circuit. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court surprised many when it announced that it granted a petition to review Microsoft’s

WPF’s schedule at the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

The World Privacy Forum will be speaking several times during the International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong; here’s the schedule, below; we look forward to meeting or catching up with those of you attending, please come by and say hello. Monday 25 September: European Data Protection Supervisor side meeting/conference, WPF

WPF participant in Designing our Digital Society Workshop, Pacific Northwest College of Art

Pam Dixon will be participating in a special Workshop at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, “Designing our Digital Society.” The Workshop is open to the public, and will be held from 4pm-7 pm Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Workshop will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in the famed “511 Building,”