Do Not Track History -- In the fall of 2007, WPF executive director Pam Dixon convened a meeting of civil liberty, consumer, and privacy groups to discuss and develop an idea she had of "Do Not Track." This became the Do Not Track proposal, which has now morphed into something quite different.
June 07, 2013 Washington, D. C. -- Pam Dixon testified at a US Federal Trade Commission workshop event regarding the challenges seniors and their caregivers have in detecting, preventing, and handling the aftermath of medical identity theft. Dixon discussed how the crime impacts seniors in larger proportions than other parts ...
May 21, 2013 Pam Dixon spoke about medical identity theft in a segment on Fox National with Gerri Willis. "This is a crime that has the potential to harm its victims profoundly," said Pam Dixon. "It's important to continue to let people know this crime exists, and what steps to ...
Medical ID Theft -- Pam Dixon was a guest on Gerri Willis' show (Fox Business News) today to discuss medical ID theft and what consumers can do to protect themselves from it.
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ID Ecosystem -- WPF Senior Projects Manager Marianne Fitzpatrick will be participating at the ID Ecosystem's Plenary meeting this week. Of top concern at the plenary will be a new ID theft use case that requires substantive discussion regarding privacy checks and balances.
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Senior Identity Theft - FTC -- WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon will be speaking at the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday on the issue of Senior ID theft, and specifically, about medical forms of the crime. Dixon, who wrote the first report on medical ID theft and coined the term for the crime, will be presenting new research at the panel.
India's national biometric ID card -- In the May/June, 2013 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine, Pam Dixon writes about the privacy issues related to India's national biometric ID card. In the piece, Mission Creep, Dixon discusses how government-issued biometric ID cards that serve as national ID cards and as the basis for employment and financial transactions create profound civil liberties and privacy challenges that are neither easily or well-constrained by government policy.
Commercial drone privacy -- In comments filed with the FAA, the World Privacy Forum urged the agency to establish a robust privacy committee to focus on drone privacy and to clarify the applicability of the Privacy Act of 1974 to UAS test site operators. WPF also requested the FAA conduct mandatory Privacy Impact Assessments and provide a FIPS-compliant privacy notice. "We have offered our comments to the FAA with the acknowledgement that everyone has much to learn in the area of commercial drone privacy. Our suggestions to the FAA seek to increase general knowledge about drones and their effect on privacy," said Pam Dixon.
Commercial drone privacy – In comments filed with the FAA, the World Privacy Forum urged the agency to establish a robust privacy committee to focus on drone privacy and to clarify the applicability of the Privacy Act of 1974 to UAS test site operators. WPF also requested the FAA conduct mandatory Privacy Impact Assessments and provide a FIPS-compliant privacy notice. ”We have offered our comments to the FAA with the acknowledgement that everyone has much to learn in the area of commercial drone privacy. Our suggestions to the FAA seek to increase general knowledge about drones and their effect on privacy,” said Pam Dixon.
April 18, 2013 Do you give your zip code to retailers when you buy something? Think twice before you blurt out "90210." WPF's Pam Dixon spoke to Melanie Hicken of CNN Money about data brokers and how our actions and habits define us, and potentially, can shape some of our ...
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WPF on privacy and consumer trust -- Pam Dixon is speaking on a panel on privacy and trust at Marketing Science Institute in Boston. The panel, led by John Deighton of the Harvard Business School, includes experts from EPIC, the DAA, and CBS.
Visiting Scholar: Privacy in a Modern Era -- Pam Dixon is a visiting scholar at Portland's PNCA. She is scheduled to speak with students in a round of interdisciplinary classes, and she will also be giving a public keynote at 7 pm in Swigert Commons. Her public lecture is on Modern Privacy.
Senior ID Theft and privacy -- Pam Dixon speaks to Los Angeles County social workers and financial abuse support teams today to share WPF's wealth of information about medical identity theft and how this crime impacts seniors. WISE and Healthy Aging is hosting this important meeting.
In 2012, the US Federal Trade Commission brought a remarkable case against Equifax for selling consumer financial information -- which included credit scores and late mortgage payment information-- to companies offering services to consumers in financial distress. The World Privacy Forum commented to the FTC on this case, which was important for a number of reasons.
March 7, 2013 WPF to Speak on a Global Perspective on Consumer Privacy at FTC- IAPP Privacy Conference Workshop Washington D.C. -- World Privacy Forum Executive Director Pam Dixon is presenting WPF's privacy research developed in Asia and a privacy video series in India at the FTC - IAPP Global ...
Privacy in India and Developing Economies -- World Privacy Forum Executive Director Pam Dixon will present WPF's research and India privacy videos at the FTC - IAPP Global Privacy Conference workshop Wednesday, March 7. The session, Global Perspectives on Consumer Privacy, is the first session of its kind at IAPP or the FTC focused on privacy in developing economies. WPF has researched privacy extensively in India, and has documented a number of key privacy issues in a video series. So far, 5 videos in the series have been released. All of the videos were shot on location in India and feature Pam Dixon, with videographer Blake Hamilton. These videos offer a rare and early glimpse into privacy interactions and issues in India. WPF will be releasing one more video on biometric ID cards in India.
ID Ecosystem -- WPF is participating in the ID Ecosystem meetings as a consumer privacy representative. Senior Projects Manager Marianne Fitzpatrick is taking the lead on this project, and is working on general privacy and financial privacy areas. The next meeting of the ID Ecosystem is Tuesday March 5. The ID Ecosystem meetings are open to the public. The meetings are important, as this process will set the stage regarding how online identities are managed.
March 4, 2013 World Privacy Forum Speaks Out About Risks to Patients From Medical ID Theft Today, Newsday published an article quoting World Privacy Forum and reporting that medical identity theft, a crime the World Privacy Forum brought to public attention for the first time in 2005, has increased by ...
India and Privacy -- WPF has researched privacy extensively in India, and has documented a number of key privacy issues in a video series. So far, 5 videos in the series have been released. All of the videos were shot on location in India and feature Pam Dixon, with videographer Blake Hamilton. These videos offer a rare and early glimpse into privacy interactions and issues in India
