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Aug 07 2023

WPF Executive Director to teach AI Policy for Policy Makers in the Developing World

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be the lead teacher for a summer course at Carnegie Mellon University CEE-TP on Artificial Intelligence Governance, Safety, and Risk Assessment for Policy Makers. “It is a great honor to teach this course, and to share the knowledge I’ve earned from working with AI for many years, and from

Jul 12 2023

WPF to present plenary at NNEDV Technology Summit

Executive Director Pam Dixon is honored to present a plenary session on Privacy Myths vs. Realities: Practical information about where the real problems are and how to solve them at NNEDV’s Safety Net Technology Summit 2023. This plenary session will update the pre-pandemic session of this presentation from several years ago with key changes and

Jul 12 2023

OECD.AI Expert Group on AI Futures: Inaugural meeting

The first meeting of the OECD.AI Expert Group on AI Futures will be meeting 13 July from 5 – 6:30 pm (GMT +2). Stuart Russell, Francesca Rossi, and Michael Schoenstein are co-chairing the new group. WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon has been invited to join the group and will be participating in the inaugural meeting.

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.)

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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.