Events | World Privacy Forum

Jan 22 2021

UN High Level Event on Data Stewardship, WPF plenary panelist

WPF is an invited panelist at the UN High Level Event on Data Stewardship during the 52nd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The event will feed into deliberations at the UN Statistical Commission 1-3 March 2021. Who: UN Statistical Commission, High Level Event What: Plenary panel When: 10 February 2021, 8 – 9:30

Jan 19 2021

Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Digital Committee Meeting

The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) is holding its first 2021 meeting of the Digital Committee. WPF is a full member of the TACD and member of the digital committee. The TACD is a network of 80 EU and U.S. consumer organizations that develop joint consumer policy recommendations for the EU and U.S. in an effort

Jan 07 2021

Oregon AG Contact Tracing Meeting

WPF, as a member of the Central Table in Oregon’s Attorney General’s privacy process, will be attending the Oregon AG meeting on Contact Tracing in Oregon. Meeting: Oregon DOJ, Contact Tracing discussion Date and Time: 7 January, 2021 This meeting is open to the public upon approval by the DOJ.

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

New Report: Risky Analysis: Assessing and Improving AI Governance Tools

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new WPF report, “Risky Analysis: Assessing and Improving AI Governance Tools.” This report sets out a definition of AI governance tools, documents why and how these tools are critically important for trustworthy AI, and where these tools are around the world. The report also documents problems in some AI governance tools themselves, and suggests pathways to improve AI governance tools and create an evaluative environment to measure their effectiveness. AI systems should not be deployed without simultaneously evaluating the potential adverse impacts of such systems and mitigating their risks, and most of the world agrees about the need to take precautions against the threats posed. The specific tools and techniques that exist to evaluate and measure AI systems for their inclusiveness, fairness, explainability, privacy, safety and other trustworthiness issues — called in the report collectively AI governance tools – can improve such issues. While some AI governance tools provide reassurance to the public and to regulators, the tools too often lack meaningful oversight and quality assessments. Incomplete or ineffective AI governance tools can create a false sense of confidence, cause unintended problems, and generally undermine the promise of AI systems. The report contains rich background details, use cases, potential solutions to the problems discussed in the report, and a global index of AI Governance Tools.
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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.