WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be presenting at a High-Level Plenary Session at the UN World Data Forum Tuesday, 5 October on a panel focused on Trust in Data: balancing quality, privacy and transparency. The matter of trust is at the heart of any information system and it has long been a preoccupation of the data community.

In public testimony September 15, 2021, WPF’s Executive Director urged the Department of Health and Human Services National Vaccine Advisory Committee Committee to establish broadened protections for covid-19 vaccination data, including extending the existing CDC Guidance (from May 2021) prohibiting commercial marketing use of vaccination registration information or other vaccination data. The intersection between HIPAA privacy regulations

WPF is extremely proud to announce that our founder and Executive Director Pam Dixon has been selected to receive a Pioneer Award from EFF. “I am surprised and pleased in equal measure,” said Dixon. “The truth of any award such as this is that I share it with many individuals and groups, all of whom

WPF’s Executive Director spoke today before the US Center For Disease Control’s ACIP Committee regarding privacy protections for vaccine recipients’ data. WPF supported the CDC’s prohibition on the use of vaccine recipient data for commercial marketing purposes. The CDC’s Vaccination Program Provider Requirements, published in May 18, 2021, specifically prohibits the commercial marketing use of

In comments filed with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, WPF supported proposed language for Comment 235.7 (A)-1, Scope of Restriction, with the understanding that more needs to be done to determine and set quality assurance measures for debit card payment system authentication methods in general, and for biometric methods in particular. WPF requests that