Events | World Privacy Forum

Apr 22 2015

National Ass’n of Healthcare Journalists – Medical ID theft issues and risks, WPF panelist

Executive Director Pam Dixon will be speaking as a panelist at the National Association of Healthcare Journalists Health Journalism conference on Friday, April 24 about medical fraud, medical identity theft, privacy issues, and risks from health data breaches. The conference will be held in San Jose, California. Details: When: Friday, April 24, 10:40 am. Where:

Apr 13 2015

Southwestern Law School – The Evolution of the Privacy & Security Landscape throughout the World: WPF panelist

WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be speaking about the global privacy landscape on a panel at the Southwestern Law School’s Privacy Conference. Dixon will be focusing on privacy in Asia, trends in the EU, and big data policies globally. What: Panel on global privacy, Southwestern Law School Privacy Conference When: April 17, 2015, 2:30-4:00

Apr 13 2015

Collection Scoring, Privacy, and Impacts on Low and Middle Income Consumers: WPF speech

Pam Dixon will be delivering a special one-hour talk about collection scores, privacy, and collection scoring’s impact on low and middle income consumers at the Credit and Collections conference, a major industry conference in this subject area. This talk with be an expansion of the Scoring of America report, and will include new research in

Mar 27 2015

Data, Lending and Civil Rights, Georgetown University Law Center, WPF speaking

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be discussing her research on big data, the financial sector, and civil rights at Georgetown University Law Center April 8, 2015. The event is open to the public. Event information: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Georgetown University Law Center Gewirz Hall 120 F Street NW (12th Floor) Washington, DC 1:00

Mar 02 2015

National Association of Attorneys General, WPF presentation on big data and privacy

WPF Executive Director will be speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General Southern Regional meeting, hosted by Southern Region Chair Alabama Attorney General Strange on March 12-13, 2015. Dixon will be a speaker on the panel, “Big Data and Privacy: Striking a Balance.” The NAAG Southern Region Meeting will focus on The Surge in Data Breaches:

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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.