Events | World Privacy Forum

Dec 11 2020

ULC Privacy Law Meeting

The Uniform Law Commission met to discuss state privacy legislation. The World Privacy Forum was invited to be an observer in this process, which is open to the public, and provide privacy expertise. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE DATA ACT Drafting Committee Meeting (with Observers) December 11, 2020 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Nov 19 2020

The Hague Conference on AI: WPF Participant

WPF participated in the Hague Conference on responsible Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Justice and Security on 19-20 November 2020. This event intends to gather feedback on challenges of AI, and possible solutions. The conference is coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands, the City of

Nov 15 2020

Keynote: Modern Digital Identity Ecosystems

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon gave a keynote speech to a global audience attending the Seamless Middle East conference, held in the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai. Seamless Middle East: Nov. 15-17, 2020 Keynote: Digital Identity Ecosystems keynote, Pam Dixon This keynote traces the history and development of digital identity over time, and how digital identity

Oct 28 2020

WPF executive director Pam Dixon to present lecture at National Academy of Sciences on the future of data science and privacy

Executive Director Pam Dixon to present a featured lecture at National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine at its Colloquium: The Future of Data Science Pam Dixon’s lecture will be Wednesday October 28 from 12:00-12:45 am Eastern. The lecture focuses on forthcoming and converging trends, and is titled Looking Ten Years Ahead: Key Converging Technologies in Computing, Data, and

Sep 21 2020

WPF a panelist at FTC Data Portability Workshop

Pam Dixon will be a panelist at the FTC Data Portability Workshop, to take place Tuesday, Sept. 22, 8:30 am – 3 pm Eastern Time.

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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.