Events | World Privacy Forum

Sep 20 2022

ID4Africa Annual General Meeting; WPF participating in Working Group

ID4Africa is holding its annual general meeting 15-16 June, 2022 in Marrakesh, Morocco. WPF will be attending the conference, and will be a participant in the AGM Workshop 1, on the topic of Identity Management for Frictionless Borders. For more information: https://id4africaevents.com/2022

Jun 10 2022

Testimony on AI and Machine Learning regulation before the Brazilian Senate, International Seminar

WPF has been invited to speak before the Brazilian Senate on the topic of the challenge of regulatory models for AI and Machine Learning systems. WPF Executive Director will be testifying as an expert in this informational session; she was a delegate in creating the OECD AI Guidelines, and she currently co-leads the civil society

Jun 07 2022

OECD Expert Group meeting re: Cross – Border Cooperation, WPF delegate

OECD 1st Expert Group meeting; Cross – Border Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy 7 June 2022 | 2-3:30 pm, CET Paris, France and virtual The World Privacy Forum has been selected as a civil society delegate for OECD’s revision of its Recommendation on Cross-Border Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy. WPF is a delegate on

Jun 07 2022

Oregon AG Privacy Task Force: Meeting Announcement

WPF is a member of the Oregon Attorney General’s Central Table Privacy Task Force. We will be attending the Oregon AG meeting to be held 6 June, 2022. Meeting: Oregon DOJ, Date and Time: 6 June 2022, 1 pm. This meeting is open to relevant stakeholders. For more information, contact the Oregon Department of Justice.

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

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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.