I found myself hard-pressed this year to figure out what to say about privacy in 2024. Of course, I wish you all a happy and healthy new year, but what do we say about privacy in 2024? Have we all become so accustomed to privacy breaches and data breaches by now that we will just…
Category: Announcements
GW Law School Launches the GW Center for Law & Technology
Privacy law scholar and professor Dan Solove sends this great news along: I’m excited to share a press release from GW Law School announcing our new GW Center for Law & Technology. Through the Center, we’re building out our privacy and tech curriculum and activities, including: We created a new JD Concentration in Privacy, Data Security, and Technology….
Thanksgiving 2023
This is normally where we might say “Happy Thanksgiving,” and focus on what we’re grateful for this year. And I do hope everyone who has plans to be with their family or friends today gets there and has a wonderful day. But I also know that many families are suffering right now. Some have loved…
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner seeks input on draft biometrics guidance documents
October 11, 2023 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is seeking input to update guidance for organizations related to handling biometric information for both public and private sector organizations. Since the OPC’s existing guidance on biometrics was published in 2011, technologies such as fingerprinting, voice identification, facial recognition and even new uses for…