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National Privacy Research Strategy, WPF participant

WPF is participating in the National Privacy Research Strategy workshop, which will be held in Washington DC this February. This workshop is part of a broader effort from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Last October, OSTP asked federal agencies to prepare a draft National Privacy ...

Washington DC

Consumer privacy, data brokers and debt buying: WPF speaking at DBA International on consumer privacy issues related to debt purchasing

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be presenting to the DBA International Conference a talk on ethical privacy frameworks and consumer privacy issues around debt buying activities such as skip tracing and related activities. Panel Information: Best Practices/Self-Regulation for Consumer Skip Tracing February 5, 2015 10: 00 am For more ...

Las Vegas, Nevada

IAPP FTC Practical Privacy Conference, Big Data panel

WPF will be speaking at the FTC's IAPP Practical Privacy Series on a panel focusing on big data and data brokers. Marc Groman of NAI will be moderating, and Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, Division of Privacy & Identity Theft, Federal Trade Commission will be a panelist along with WPF executive ...

Washington DC

Universal Periodic Review, Civil Society Consultation, WPF participating in panel

The World Privacy Forum will be speaking about medical and health privacy rights in the Universal Periodic Review for the United States as part of the Civil Society Consultation. The UPR is an important cyclical process run under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council. The last UPR was ...

Washington, D.C.

Forum on Ethical Marketing, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

WPF's Executive Director will be speaking at a forum on ethical marketing, held at the National Press Club Sept. 25, 2014 from 10 - 5 pm. Participation in the event is by invitation only, however, proceedings from the event will be published. When: Sept. 25, 2014 Where: National Press Club, ...

Washington, D.C.

IAPP Privacy Academy and CSA Congress, panel, Data Brokers Demystified

WPF will be speaking about data brokers and privacy at the IAPP Privacy Academy in San Jose , California Thursday, Sept. 18. More about the panel: Data Brokers Demystified Thursday, September 18 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Emilio Cividanes, Partner, Venable LLP Pam Dixon , Executive Director, World Privacy Forum Jennifer ...

San Jose, California

FTC Big Data Workshop, "Big Data: A tool for inclusion or exclusion?"

WPF's executive director will be speaking on panel #2 at the Federal Trade Commission's important public workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” in Washington on September 15, 2014. The panel, What’s on the Horizon with Big Data? will explore potential uses of big data as well ...

Constitution Center, Washington DC

National Network to End Domestic Violence Safety Net Summit; WPF training

WPF will be leading two training sessions at NNEDV's Safety Net Summit, which provides hands-on training for professionals working with victims of domestic violence, stalking, and trafficking. The Summit will be held July 29-31 at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California. Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014TechSummit More information: http://techsafety.org/technology-summit/

San Jose, CA

Privacy Law Scholars Conference, WPF moderating session

WPF is honored to be moderating a paper on predictive analytics by Frank Pasquale and Danielle Citron at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference at George Washington School of Law. The session will be Friday, June 6. For more information about PLSC, see the conference page .

Washington, DC

WPF Speaking at National Law University, New Delhi, India

WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be on the campus of the National Law University in New Delhi, India on April 24 to speak with students and professors about global privacy issues and trends, as well as hear the latest scholarly privacy research from India and discuss the forthcoming privacy ...

New Delhi, India

Brookings Institute Privacy Discussion

WPF will be participating in a Brookings Institute event April 9, as an invited discussant of Brookings Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes and Wells Bennett's work on the tension between privacy and data-driven innovation, and new paradigms of privacy. Leading policy makers, business officials, and thought leaders will be participating. April ...

Washington D.C.

WPF to Guest Lecture, Georgetown University

Pam Dixon will be a guest lecturer for Dr. Mark MacCarthy's Information Privacy & Security course at Georgetown University on March 19, 2014. The topic will be modern privacy and data flows. For more information about this course, see: http://courses.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=View&CourseID=CCTP-708

Washington D.C.

Federal Trade Commission Holding Alternative Scoring Conference; WPF Speaking

Pam Dixon will be speaking at the Federal Trade Commission's conference on Alternative Scoring on March 19, 2014, discussing consumer aspects of alternative scoring. Scoring is a data broker issue that few know about yet. This conference is among the first to look closely at scoring products and legal frameworks, ...

Washington D.C.

WPF speaking at IAPP Global Privacy Summit -- NTIA mobile short form privacy notice

WPF will be speaking at and co-moderating a pre-conference workshop at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. Co-moderater will be Jim Halpert of DLA Piper. Session description: NTIA Mobile App MS Process: Definitive Information, Insight, and Advice from the Core Drafting Group and the NTIA facilitator This preconference workshop is an ...

Washington, D.C.

WPF Speaking at IAPP Global Privacy Summit

WPF will be moderating an IAPP pre-conference workshop, along with Jim Halpert of DLA Piper. The workshop is on the U.S. Department of Commerce's NTIA Multistakeholder Process, of which both WPF and Halpert were active participants.

Congressional Testimony: What Information do Data Brokers Have on Consumers?

Pam Dixon will be testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee December 18 at 2:30 pm Eastern. The hearing, held by Senator Rockefeller, who is chairman of the committee, focuses on data brokers, what information they are collecting from consumers, and what they are doing with the information. The hearing will ...

Washington, D.C.

Pam Dixon speaking at IAPP's FTC Year in Review and Consumer Privacy Conference

Pam Dixon will speak at the IAPP annual FTC Year in Review conference today. She will be speaking at 1:30 pm on the issue of Do Not Track with Chris Olsen, Assistant Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. For more information, see www.privacyassociation.org . Location and Parking: FHI ...

Washington, DC

WPF speaking at National Press Club

WPF's Executive Director Pam Dixon is speaking at the National Press Club in Washington DC today along with Jessica Rich, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission as part of a DDMI discussion about privacy standards and balances for the uses of data in todays digital world. 8:00 -11:00 ...

Washington, DC

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