Events | World Privacy Forum

Sep 09 2021

OECD.AI, workgroup participant

What: OECD.AI, Working Group on implementing trustworthy AI. WPF is a participant and delegate at the OECD in the OECD.AI network of experts in the working group on implementing trustworthy AI. This ongoing work seeks to implement the now final and ratified OECD Guidelines on AI. WPF was an active member of the OECD’s Artificial

Sep 09 2021

Atlantic Council, roundtable speaker

What: Atlantic Council, Roundtable, the future of standards in technology When: 30 August 2021 Where: Washington DC and virtual WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon is an invited speaker along with futurist Paul Saffo to a roundtable on the future of standards in technology. This roundtable is the third in a series on standards. The event

Jul 29 2021

Civil20 and G20 Dialogue, WPF health privacy intervention

What: C20 Dialogue with the G20 Sherpa WPF is participating in the Civil20 Working Group in the series of meetings culminating in the G20 meetings to be held in Rome, Italy in October 2021. In this meeting, WPF made an intervention regarding health privacy. WPF statement: “Accurate, timely, secure, and trustworthy health information ecosystems are

Jul 29 2021

WHO Global Summit

WHO Global Health Data Governance Summit GOVERNING DATA FOR BETTER HEALTH 30 June 2021, 14:00 — 17:00 CET Over 2 half days in June and September 2021, the summit will identify potential solutions to the challenges of implementing standards, solutions and infrastructure to increase the value of health data as a strategic asset. Best practices and challenges

Jul 29 2021

Biometric Institute: biometric regulation in the US

When: 29 June 2021 Who: Biometric Institute, US Member Meeting What: WPF will be speaking on a panel at the Biometric Institute US Member Meeting regarding biometric regulation and practices in the US, with a look toward solutions. See: https://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events/

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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.