This resource page is a curated list of WPF public comments to agencies, as well as other public comments focused on privacy.

WPF has written numerous ground breaking reports. The reports listed here are good key reference points for our work, as each report has been impactful and has changed the public dialogue. In some cases, laws were changed based on our findings or recommendations, particularly when there were pronounced and unambiguous harms associated with the issues

The World Privacy Forum is a globally recognized NGO working in privacy, identity, and emerging privacy/tech issues. We conduct respected research on the most important privacy and data protection issues of our time, and also offer consumers direct privacy support and assistance. Our work has broken new ground, provided the foundations for new consumer protection

In 2012, the US Federal Trade Commission brought a remarkable case against Equifax for selling consumer financial information — which included credit scores and late mortgage payment information– to companies offering services to consumers in financial distress. The World Privacy Forum commented to the FTC on this case, which was important for a number of reasons.

WPF filed two sets of comments with the US Department of Commerce regarding the MultiStakeholder Process and the privacy topics to be taken up. The first set of comments were WPF’s formal filing of the joint Civil Society MultiStakeholder Principles on behalf of WPF and the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers’ Union, Consumer Watchdog, Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Consumers’ League, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and US PIRG. The second set of comments were WPF’s own comments to the Department. WPF urged the Department to employ a fair process, choose focused topics, and to apply the full range of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to each topic.