Events | World Privacy Forum

Oct 27 2017

NYU Human Project Data Security and Privacy Board Meeting

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be participating in New York University’s The Human Project privacy and security working group meeting to discuss solutions for the project. The Human Project is a wide-ranging, significant longitudinal human subjects research study that also crosses into new areas of big data research. WPF is pleased to be able to participate

Aug 29 2017

39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Hong Kong, WPF facilitator, panelist

The World Privacy Forum’s Executive Director Pam Dixon is honored to be a session facilitator for the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Hong Kong. Dixon will also be speaking on a separate panel regarding issues of consent, AI, and big data. When: September 25-29, 2017 Where: Hong Kong, China Conference Details: 39th

Jun 18 2017

United Nations, ID2020, WPF participating

WPF will be participating in the United Nations ID202o Summit June 19, 2017. The event is by invitation only, however, you can apply to attend. For more information, see http://id2020summit.org. This event is focused on issues relating to identity in developing nations. Event Location: United Nations, ECOSOC Chamber 405 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017

Jun 13 2017

FinTech & Blockchain Summit, Columbia University Business School, WPF panelist

WPF is speaking at the annual FinTech | RegTech| Payments | Blockchain Summit at Columbia University Business School, June 8-9, 2017. WPF will be speaking about digital identity ecosystems and issues relating to privacy, autonomy, human rights, and financial inclusion. For more information about the event, visit DFSummit, where you can find the full agenda and speakers

May 30 2017

Privacy Law Scholar’s Conference, WPF Commenter

WPF’s Pam Dixon will present review comments for this year’s Privacy Law Scholar’s Conference. The annual conference will be held this year June 1-2, in Berkeley, CA. The full PLSC schedule is here. More about PLSC: Dates: Thursday and Friday, June 1-2, 2017 Location: Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA Co-Chairs: George Washington University Law Professor Daniel J.

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.