Seen on Hunton Andrews Kurth: On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing titled “Privacy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States.” The hearing will focus on potential Congressional action to “address risks to consumers and implement data privacy protections for all…
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Conference: International Privacy+Security Forum April 3-5, Washington D.C.
This year’s International Privacy+Security Forum will be held April 3-5 in Washington, D.C. You can read more about the program and schedule, and find additional details here. The conference is organized by professors Daniel Solove and Paul Schwartz, and from experience, I can tell you that they always run a wonderful event. The conference will be held…
Resource: Weekly Civil Rights/Privacy News Stories
I don’t know Joe Cadillic can read and process so much, but bless him, he’s now added a weekly round-up of civil rights/privacy news stories to his blog, MassPrivateI. Here’s his round-up from earlier this week, and do check his blog for his reporting on privacy and the new weekly round-up.
Why data, not privacy, is the real danger
Jacob Ward reports: Facebook and other companies may very well be protecting your privacy — but they don’t need your personal information to determine exactly who you are and what you’ll do next. Our human sensor array was built to easily and automatically detect small, immediate anomalies such as snakes, fire, or members of an…