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Feb 08 2019

OECD AI Expert Group Meeting

Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director, is an expert advisor to the OECD on AI and a delegate of the AI Expert Group. This is the fourth meeting of the group, to complete discussions of a principles framework. The AIGO is crafting guidelines on AI as part of the OECD Going Digital, Working Party on Security and

Feb 04 2019

WPF presentation on digital ID at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center

WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be presenting on privacy, policy, and digital identity at an all-day event on Good ID at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center Tuesday, February 5. WPF has worked on identity and privacy issues for many years; beginning with our groundbreaking work on medical identity theft, which created meaningful positive change in the

Dec 29 2018

OECD AI Expert Group; WPF delegate

Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director, is an expert advisor to the OECD on AI and a delegate of the AI Expert Group. This is the third meeting of the group, to continue discussions of a principle framework.The AIGO is crafting guidelines on AI as part of the OECD Going Digital, Working Party on Security and Privacy

Dec 28 2018

WPF at CES 2019

WPF will be participating in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. CES is the largest electronics show in the world, and serves as advance notice for emerging technologies and privacy trends. WPF’s schedule at CES is as follows: Tuesday: Digital Money Wednesday: Digital Health Thursday: Student privacy, identity technologies & biometrics, IoT Friday: Smart cities,

Nov 13 2018

WPF to testify about AI and privacy at Federal Trade Commission

WPF executive director Pam Dixon will testify before the US Federal Trade Commission in a hearing focused on “Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics,” to be held Nov. 13-14, 2018 in Washington DC. Event details Date: November 13 & 14, 9am-5 pm Location: HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 2900 Van Ness St NW, Washington, DC

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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.