CFP Hosted a Panel of Chief Privacy Officers: “The Privacy Profession — Corporate Apologists, or Agents of Positive Change?”
Thursday, June 16 Computers Freedom and Privacy (CFP) hosted a panel called “The Privacy Profession — Corporate Apologists, or Agents of Positive Change?” that featured Chief Privacy Officers (CPO) from various agencies and companies. The panel included: Nuala O’Connor Kelly as moderator (Senior Counsel, Information Governance & Privacy, GE; FPF Advisory Board member), Doug Miller […]
Guest Post: The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ First Europe Data Protection Congress
Please find guest post below by Monique Altheim, Esq., CIPP, an EDiscovery and Privacy attorney. Also, be sure to check out her other writings on eDiscoveryMap.com! The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ First Europe Data Protection Congress By: Monique Altheim I recently attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) very first Europe Data Protection […]
Topsy Turvy World of Privacy
Topsy Turvy World of Privacy: World Privacy Forum blasts FTC for not taking action against companies who falsely claim they are in Safe Harbor or who don’t live up to Safe Harbor committments. Advocates critique FTC for not taking enforcement action on numerous complaints they file and argue the FTC support for self-regulation is misguided, […]
A US Privacy Leader
Two weeks ago in Jerusalem at the annual conference of Data Protection Commissioners, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling announced that Commerce Department would be calling for the creation of a new US privacy office. Here is how Strickling described the role: ” In the area of privacy, I believe that the U.S. Government should […]
Privacy Showdown? Not! The US is finally "in the game"!
It was very disappointing to read today’s NYTimes story which raised the idea that the Department of Commerce was focusing on privacy in order to somehow head off the FTC’s upcoming report on a privacy framework. We at FPF and many others have been urging the Administration to step into the privacy efforts in the private sector […]
OECD Conference on "Privacy, Technology and Global Data Flows" in Jerusalem, Israel
OECD Conference on “Privacy, Technology and Global Data Flows” in Jerusalem, Israel October 25 – 26
IAPP: 10 Years and Counting
Ten years ago, desktop computers ran on Pentium III chips and home broadband was a novelty. But even then, some people recognized the coming ability of businesses to amass personal information about web users – and the need for safeguards. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Privacy […]
Data transfers from the EU to Israel soon to be "Kosher".
From the Opinion of the Article 29 Working party of European Data Commissioners: In conclusion, taking all of the above into account, the Working Party believes that Israel guarantees an adequate level of protection according to provision 6 of Article 25 of Directive 95/46/EC from the European Parliament and the Council, dated October 24th 1995, on […]
The 2009 Conference on Cross Border Data Flows, Data Protection and Privacy
Jules will moderate a discussion on November 18th called the “Privacy and Social Networking Services” Panel, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., at the 2009 Conference on Cross Border Data Flows & Privacy, hosted by the Department of Commerce in conjunction with the European Commission. Click here for more information on the conference or visit the […]