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May 11 2022

OECD Going Digital Horizontal Project: Workshop, WPF speaker

WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be presenting at an upcoming OECD Workshop on the topic of data stewardship, access, sharing, and control in regards to national data strategies. WPF is a organizational member of the formal civil society stakeholder group at OECD. (CSISAC). More details: From Data Stewardship, Access, Sharing and Control to National

Mar 01 2022

OECD AI Network of Experts; Meeting

WPF will be attending the 16th meeting of the OECD.AI Network of Experts working group on implementing trustworthy AI. It will take place Wednesday, 2 March at 17:00 – 18:30 CET. WPF will be attending the meeting as a civil society stakeholder, part of OECD’s formal civil society stakeholder group, CSISAC.

Feb 23 2022

OECD, Future of AI, WPF panelist

Join the World Privacy Forum and others at a High-level session on the Future of AI, Thursday 24 February 2022 at the OCED International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills. Details: 24 February 2022 13:45 – 14:45 CET , 7:45 am Eastern, 4:45 am Pacific. Registration is free: https://oecd-events.org/2022-ai-wips Panelists for Future

Jan 28 2022

World Bank Group Data Privacy Day Event: WPF panelist

World Bank Group Data Privacy Day: Privacy, Pandemics, Vaccine Passports, and Ethics in Data-Driven Decision-making Friday, January 28th, 2022 11:30AM-12:30PM EST Virtual Panel Event As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic stretches deep into its second year and teeters on the verge of a third, more and more of the questions raised turn to the long-term: is

Jan 27 2022

United Nations World Data Forum Webinar: Data Governance and Statistical Legal Frameworks, WPF panelist

This webinar, part of the UN World Data Forum series, will bring together experts to speak and take questions on: the importance and limitations of existing legal and regulatory frameworks on official statistics; the opportunities and challenges of regulatory, institutional and organizational frameworks beyond the law on official statistics for improving data governance; existing experiences

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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.