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Digital identity systems vary in complexity. At its most basic, a digital ID would simply recreate a physical ID in a digital format, whereasa fully integrated digital identity system would provide a platform for a complete wallet and verification process, usable both online and in the physical world.

On Thursday, 15th of July 2021, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) organised during the CPDP LatAm Conference a panel titled ‘At the Intersection of AI and Data Protection law: Automated Decision Making Rules, a Global Perspective’. The aim of the Panel was to explore how existing data protection laws around the world apply to profiling and automated decision making practices.

The Future of Privacy Forum released a report that brings “Insights into the future of data protection enforcement: Regulatory strategies of European Data Protection Authorities for 2021-2022”. The European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) are arguably the most powerful data protection and privacy regulators in the world, having been granted by the European Union’s General Data […]

[…] State & PrivaSeer Project co-principal investigator The search engine will provide researchers insights on privacy policy trends and enable researchers to easily and securely access relevant privacy documentation online. Previous research on privacy policies has encountered issues surrounding access to suitable privacy data. PrivaSeer will help researchers navigate this problem and allow for large-scale […]

[…] data sharing through data governance and to centre their policies around the needs of data subjects. She added that data products – like Application Programming Interfaces ( APIs) – should be human-centered. Data should be seen as a product, but not a commodity, especially when it comes to sharing government data.  Ran continued by […]

During 2021, state lawmakers have proposed a range of models to regulate consumer privacy and data protection.  As the first state to pass consumer privacy legislation in 2018, California established a highly influential model with the California Consumer Privacy Act. In the years since, other states have introduced dozens of nearly identical CCPA-like state bills. […]

by Chelsey Colbert The author thanks Hunter Dorwart for his contribution to this text. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a draft regulation on car privacy and data security on May 12, 2021. China has been very active in automated vehicle development and deployment and has also proposed last fall a draft comprehensive privacy […]

[…] assessments, or other risk assessments and mitigation strategies. These requirements serve multiple, important goals, including helping regulators understand data processing, and increasing internal accountability through greater process documentation. In addition, public disclosures of risk assessments benefit a wide range of stakeholders, including: the public, consumers, businesses, regulators, watchdogs, technologists, and academic researchers. Given the […]

[…] transparency—before the Tampa Bay Times story, parents and students in Pasco County were completely unaware of the sheriff’s practices.  In December 2020, FPF analyzed the sheriff’s public documentation and contract with the school board, concluding that the sheriff’s office unlawfully accessed and used student records for their database in violation of the Family Educational […]

As the world urbanizes, local governments are turning to “Smart City” initiatives and the data they generate to more effectively manage transportation systems, support real-time infrastructure maintenance, automatically administer public services, enable transparent governance and open data, and support emergency services in public areas. Data held by public and private organizations have the potential to […]