The privacy community suffered a tremendous loss this week with the passing of Fordham law professor Joel Reidenberg after a years-long battle with leukemia. Twitter was filled with tributes to him from so many whose lives he touched with his generosity of spirit in mentoring and nurturing others. To say Joel will be missed is…
Category: Misc
Not to be defeated by the pandemic, the Spring Privacy & Security Academy will go on — virtually
If you are like me, you have either been receiving emails telling you that events are postponed until some date to be determined in the future, or that they are canceled altogether, or switching to a virtual conference. The idea of a virtual conference never really appealed to me because I always preferred conferences where…
Data Protection and Privacy Officer Priorities 2020 Report
A survey of 471 data protection and privacy officers provides valuable insights into their challenges and priorities for 2020 — from CPO Magazine. Key highlights: 27% named getting budget and available resources as the organization’s No. 1 challenge 49% have made governance of data processing and the formation of a privacy-aware culture a top priority…
No, “triage” doesn’t mean that you get to discriminate against immigrants, the disabled, or any other group
Much of the world first seems to be learning what “triage” really means. Even for many healthcare professionals, triage has never been so meaningful, real, or brutal as it is during this pandemic when ventilators and PPE are in short supply. So who gets treated and who doesn’t when you run out of personnel and…