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• World Privacy Forum Chairing Extended Privacy Workshop and Roundtable with the Data Protection Authorities of Africa and Government Stakeholders in Partnership with ID4Africa
• Why Rodrigo Moya Changed His Mind about Chile’s AI Governance Tool for Assessing a Medical Insurance Claims AI Model
• How AI Governance Tools Put Policy into Practice in Canada and Chile
• WPF provides comments on U.S. AI Action Plan; urges support for NIST AISIC and advancing trustworthy metrology of AI governance tools
• WPF advanced tutorial on governance and privacy at IEEE WACV Computer Vision Conference: Agenda and Speakers
• WPF Advises UN regarding Global Dialogue on the Governance of AI
• Deputy director Kate Kaye leading roundtable discussion at GWU conference on ethical frameworks and guidelines for AI
• Emotion Recognition and What Nazanin Andalibi's Research Tells Us about Its Impacts
• WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon to give talk about Modern Privacy in an AI Era live with Washington State Office of Privacy and Data Protection
• WPF suggests solutions to OMB for handling Commercially Available Information, including exploring a formal, inclusive Voluntary Consensus Standards process to address challenges
• Te Mihinga Komene on Ensuring Māori Language Data Flourishes in the Generative AI Era
• WPF Comments to OMB regarding public participation draft memorandum
• Remarks of Pam Dixon at the First Digital Trust Convention held at OECD in Paris; WPF co-sponsor
• WPF Deputy Director to present AI Governance tools research regarding measurement of content authenticity in keynote speech
• AI Governance on the Ground: Chile’s Social Security and Medical Insurance Agency Grapples with Balancing New Responsible AI Criteria and Vendor Cost
• How Eric Hardy Navigates Tensions Between Local Tribal Community Needs and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Policy Goals
• Notes from Hip Hop MC-turned Indigenous Librarian Alex Soto on Archiving and Accessing Indigenous Cultural Knowledge
• Recent and Upcoming WPF Events, Speeches, and Courses: Key events overview
• World Privacy Forum Commemorates International ID Day 2024 and reaffirms the importance of ID systems that Do No Harm now, and cannot do harm in the future
• Introducing WPF’s Privacy on the Ground Podcast
• WPF “Privacy on the Ground” Podcast Series 1: Indigenous Data Leaders
• AI Governance on the Ground: Canada's Algorithmic Impact Assessment Process and Algorithm has evolved
• Amy Juan on Food and Seed Sovereignty and Why the Knowledge Embedded in the Tiny Tepary Bean Is More than "Data"
• We Have “Gifted” Enough: Dr Krystal Tsosie on Indigenous Genomic Data Sovereignty and Righting the Wrongs of Extractive Precision Medicine Research
• Announcing Senior Research Fellow, Avni Sinha
• Global Table of Countries with Data Privacy Laws, Treaties, or Conventions
• Deputy director Kate Kaye attending ACM FAccT conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• WPF advises NIST regarding synthetic content and data governance
• ID4Africa’s 10th Annual General Meeting enters a new phase of growth and maturity: A perspective from Civil Society
• WPF announces participation in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC)
• WPF paper on collective privacy accepted to Privacy Law Scholar's Conference
• WPF advises FDA and HHS on informed consent guidance for medical research
• WPF to speak before the State House of Mongolia for its National Consultation on e-Health, and before the Human Rights Commission of Mongolia
• WPF Comments to OMB regarding AI and Privacy Impact Assessments
• Initial Analysis of the new U.S. governance for Federal Agency use of Artificial Intelligence, including biometrics
• WPF comments to OMB regarding its Draft Memorandum on establishing new Federal Agency requirements for uses of AI
• WPF Executive Director to teach CMU course on Digital Identity in Rwanda, Africa
• WPF comments to NIST regarding its differential privacy guidance
• WPF comments to CFPB regarding notice of proposed rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights
• Statement of Pam Dixon at the FTC Commission Meeting re: WPF request that the FTC provide specific guidance regarding privacy representations on health-related websites
• Report: Risky Analysis: Assessing and Improving AI Governance Tools
• Half-day tutorial on AI Governance, Data Protection, and Privacy: Advanced problem-solving for Computer Vision and More
• Another reminder that student privacy matters: Student doxing through FERPA loopholes
• Announcing Senior Ethics and AI Fellow, Emmi Bane
• The emergence of Mobile Digital ID in the US context: presentation
• WPF participates in White House Roundtable on Data Brokers
• WPF advises FTC regarding health data breach notification rule
• WPF advises HHS regarding proposed changes to standards for privacy under HIPAA
• WPF's contribution to ID4Africa Workshop on Privacy and Data Protection in ID Systems, Nairobi, Kenya 2023
• A potential path forward after the Irish Data Protection Commission enforcement decision regarding Meta Ireland
• WPF Executive Director to serve as Senior Rapporteur for ID4Africa workshops regarding policy and regulatory challenges for digital identity and privacy and data protection in ID systems
• Emerging Technologies, Human Subject Research, and the Common Rule: High level overview of the 2023 OHRP Research Community Forum
• Kate Kaye joins WPF as Deputy Director
• FTC takes first enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule; also takes action against misrepresentation of HIPAA compliance
• NIST releases milestone AI Risk Management Framework to foster trustworthy AI ecosystems
• ABA Consumer Protection Conference 8-9 February in San Diego, CA: WPF co-hosting
• WPF advises HHS on confidentiality of patient records re: alcohol and drug treatment records
• Statement of Pam Dixon at the FTC Open Commission Meeting regarding health privacy statements and consumer confusion
• Statement regarding OECD Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data held by Private Sector Entities
• WPF and ADC Launch joint report on the Twin Transition at the OECD Ministerial
• India's Ministry of Electronics and IT has opened a consultation on its freshly proposed comprehensive privacy legislation, DPDP 2022
• WPF White House Briefing Outtakes on the New European Union - US Data Privacy Framework
• WHO Health Data Collaborative Meeting: high level overview
• How New Procedural Controls Using the Privacy Act of 1974 Can Improve the Protections of Reproductive Health Information Held by Federal Agencies
• Identity ecosystems are a central aspect of global digitalization; the principle of Do No Harm must be a policy priority and commitment
• WPF advises Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protection regarding its proposed AI Framework
• WPF advises FTC regarding proposed changes to the Telemarketing Sales Rule
• HIPAA and Reproductive Health: A companion FAQ to the Patient’s Guide to HIPAA
• Regulatory techniques and risk-based approaches in AI and machine learning
• WPF joins OECD Expert Group on Cross-Border Cooperation
• WPF urges HHS to clarify the harms of medical identity theft for victims
• HIPAA Compliant, or HIPAA Covered?
• ISPI Forum on Digital Transformation, WPF speaker 
• OECD Going Digital Horizontal Project: news and event
• The neglected intersection between poverty and privacy in the United States
• An ecosystems approach to biometric regulation
• WPF advises National Institutes of Health re: Genomic Data Sharing Policy
• High-level session on the Future of AI: Join the discussion
• WPF commends CAIDP's AI and Democratic Values Index
• WPF participating in T20 Indonesia inception conference: Realizing inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
• WPF executive director voted in as member of OECD civil society steering committee
• WPF advises OSHA re: employee vaccination information
• WPF mini documentary on challenges in ID systems - in collaboration with ID4Africa
• National IDs Around the World — Interactive map
• WPF presenting at UN World Data Forum High-Level Plenary
• WPF urges HHS National Vaccine Advisory Committee to extend privacy protections of vaccination information
• Executive Director Pam Dixon selected to receive Pioneer Award from EFF
• WPF supports CDC guidance prohibiting use of vaccine recipients' data for commercial marketing purposes, urges that protections are extended to proof of vaccination systems
• WPF urges the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to ensure quality assurance and control mechanisms for biometric authentication in debit card payment systems 
• C20 - G20 Global Dialogue on Health, WPF statement
• AI systems developed in response to COVID-19: Survey
• WPF urges FTC Chair and Commissioners to update FTC Health Breach Notification Rule
• Digital Trade Rules, Digital Policy Norms, and Consequences for Economic Development
• Vaccine Certificates: a podcast with Anit Mukherjee, WPF's Pam Dixon, and Camilla Ravnbøl
• Roundtable: Are current models of data protection fit for purpose? Understanding the consequences for economic development
• Report: From the Filing Cabinet to the Cloud: Updating the Privacy Act of 1974
• DHS withdraws proposed rule that would have created mandatory biometrics collection for children
• FTC agrees to make compliance report public in face recognition-related case; WPF comments had a positive impact
• WPF comments on HHS proposal to change HIPAA Privacy Rule
• WPF Statement to the Civil Society Consultation on Sustainable Health Security Preparedness and Response, C20, 2021
• Gender Matters in Identity Systems: How an ID4Africa Livecast Broke Important New Ground in Gender and Privacy 
• US Government 20th Joint Assessment Report, AG Guidelines, and more
• WPF urges US Federal Trade Commission to re-examine data breach notification requirements for health data in Flo Health proposal
• WPF comments on European Commission proposal for new Health Authority
• WPF comments to the US Federal Trade Commission regarding Everalbum proposal
• Addressing Cross-Border Spillovers in Data Policy: The Need for a Global Approach
• FTC proposes precedent-setting face recognition settlement: photo app company must delete consumers’ photos and the algorithmic models it developed using the photos
• Comments of World Privacy Forum to EDPB re: data localization and privacy
• New Zealand’s New Privacy Law 2020 is Now in Force
• Governing Data for Development: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
• World Health Organization updates its data sharing principles; WPF participant in external expert advisory group
• WPF executive director Pam Dixon to present lecture at National Academy of Sciences on the future of data science and privacy
• WPF advises that DHS biometric collection proposal needs scientific, factual, ethical, and human rights basis, urges creation of transparent multistakeholder process to work on ethical guidelines regarding childrens' biometrics
• K-12 schools during the pandemic: New National Academies of Science publication discusses unprecedented challenges
• COVID-19 and HIPAA: HHS’s Troubled Approach to Waiving Privacy and Security Rules for the Pandemic
• WPF to discuss COVID-19 lessons learned and challenges ahead at OECD - Global Privacy Assembly Workshop
• Expanding Solutions to Address the Risks of Face Recognition Systems
• Africa’s Rising Leadership in Privacy: breaking new ground before and during the COVID-19 crisis
• Face Recognition and Face Masks:  Accuracy of face recognition plummets when applied to mask-wearers; NIST report 
• HHS makes significant changes to COVID-19 reporting process
• Stolen Unemployment Benefits: How to detect and resolve this form of identity theft
• May 19, 2020 WPF Statement regarding HHS Secretary's Section 1135 COVID-19 HIPAA Waiver
• Identity Week: WPF webinar on global contact tracing apps
• April 15, 2020 WPF Statement on the COVID-19 Community Based Testing Sites HIPAA Waiver
• Without Consent: An analysis of student directory information practices in U.S. schools, and impacts on privacy
• April 6, 2020 WPF Statement on COVID-19 Business Associate HIPAA Waiver
• Coronavirus Testing and Privacy: Frequently Asked Questions
• March 18 WPF Statement on COVID-19 Telehealth HIPAA Waiver
• States That Publish Data Breach Lists: interactive infographic
• Age Appropriate Design: new code of practice regarding online services for children from the UK Information Commissioner
• Data integrity, data manipulation, and privacy
• NIST report documents undeniable demographic effects in face recognition systems
• WPF urges National Institutes of Health to expand privacy guidance for researchers
• World Privacy Forum named as a top ten digital identity influencing organization globally 
• Expert Commentary: Kenya follows the path of European-style Data Protection
• WPF to testify before NCVHS on emerging privacy concerns in health privacy — Beyond Digitization: Artificial Intelligence, APIs, and health privacy
• The importance of Doing No Harm: India's plan to create a new national facial recognition database
• WPF advises SEC regarding data risk factors and disclosures
• WPF and Brookings co-hosting Biometric Roundtable at International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
• HHS takes first-ever enforcement action under HIPAA's right of access to health records
• WPF presenting US biometric privacy analysis at Biometric Institute
• EDPS Giovanni Buttarelli, a guiding force behind GDPR, has passed away
• Why the new US regulatory standards for accuracy, integrity, and reliability in credit scoring models matter — a lot
• Roundtable of African Data Protection Authorities (RADPA): Report now public
• Highlights of the FTC and DOJ Facebook complaint and order 
• Phantom debt brokering: an emerging form of identity theft 
• WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon to testify before US Senate on privacy, predictive analytics, and data brokers
• Robot Interviews: AI and the world of work
• Still a One-Way Mirror Society - why has progress in retail biometrics and privacy stalled?
• WPF Discussion Draft: Consumer Privacy and Data Security Standards Act of 2019
• OECD draft Council Recommendation of AI is now final
• A Patient's Guide to HIPAA: New eBook + complete update
• Patient’s Guide to HIPAA: How to Use the Law to Guard your Health Privacy
• ED Pam Dixon named as Top 100 Influencer in Identity
• Digital Identity Ecosystems
• WPF responds to HHS and urges it to keep privacy protections in HIPAA strong
• 2019 updates to Interactive Medical Data Breach Map
• Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: New consensus practices and tools from HHS
• WPF events and activities Jan. & Feb. 2019
• WPF advises FTC regarding privacy frameworks and knowledge governance; files key comments
• WPF Statement on NYT revelations of Facebook data practices
• Marriott data breach: key tips
• WPF comments to NTIA re: privacy governance frameworks
• Dixon to address the United Nations on women and privacy
• FTC announces expanded settlement with Uber, WPF comments included
• ED Pam Dixon calls for a Nuremberg Code of digital ethics, addresses 40th international conference of data protection and privacy commissioners
• World Privacy Forum statement on federal privacy regulation & data brokers
• India’s Supreme Court delivers long-awaited Aadhaar decision
• WPF calls on Secretary of Homeland Security to provide formal notice and comment and address substantive concerns regarding the CBP biometric entry and exit program
• Voting system data breach notifications - National Academies of Science recommendations for securing voting systems
• WPF Summer & Fall 2018 Privacy Events
• WPF to speak about AI governance at Brussels multi-stakeholder forum with FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra and EDPS
• WPF Comments: Access to the CFPB consumer complaint database is vital to understanding and analyzing identity theft in the US
• WPF comments on the DHS External Biometric Records database
• Privacy News: Historic Data Broker Regulation in the US Welcomed by World Privacy Forum
• Public Comments: WPF comments on proposed revised consent decree re: Uber; requests FTC to hold workshop to determine standards for privacy assessments
• Be alert for serious IRS impersonation scams
• WPF moderating seminar on GDPR & biometrics in Brussels, Belgium
• Archived WPF privacy policy 2013-2018
• WPF March 2018 Privacy Events
• World Privacy Forum in the news: spring update
• The New Data Ethics: building a pathway forward
• Testing out PriBot, the new AI privacy policy analysis chat bot
• Comments Due on India's Data Protection White Paper; Info, resources, & draft comments
• CES 2018
• Report: The Geography of Medical Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft Complaint Data Mapped by State: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Data, 2013-2017
• WPF Panelist at FTC Informational Harms Workshop
• National IDs around the World: Data Analysis and Graphic
• Modern Privacy and the Digital Ecosystem: WPF Keynote
• WPF participating in Biometric Congress
• Updated: Three steps to take today if you have been impacted by the Equifax data breach
• The Profound Implications of U.S. v. Microsoft
• Top Ten Opt Outs: Updates
• WPF's schedule at the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
• Three steps to take today if you have been impacted by the Equifax data breach
• A Failure to Do No Harm: India's Aadhaar biometric ID program
• A big win for privacy in India
• National IDs Over Time: Interactive chart
• FBI issues rare alert warning parents of privacy risks with smart toys
• Data Visualization: Nations with Electronic Voter IDs -- middle and lower income countries
• Some Online Loan Applications Endanger Consumers
• EU-US Privacy Shield Update
• In Memoriam: Joseph Alhadeff
• Updated Top Ten Opt Outs for 2017 & 10 year anniversary of Top Ten Opt Outs
• WPF participant in Designing our Digital Society Workshop, Pacific Northwest College of Art
• WPF Participating in G20 Digital Ministerial
• WPF at RightsCon to Present on Digital Identity, Digital Rights
• WPF Report - Privacy, the Precision Medicine Initiative, & the All of Us Research Program: Will Any Legal Protections Apply?
• Analysis & Report | Redress Revisited: Has the Privacy Shield Agreement Between the U.S. and the EU Been Fatally Undermined by President Trump’s Executive Order 13768?
• When TVs watch you: What we learned from the FTC's VIZIO case
• World Economic Forum Global Risk Report identifies cyberattacks and data theft as significant economic risks
• WPF to present on machine learning, privacy, and ethics at the U.S. - U.K. Sackler Forum
• Did I just sign a permission slip that lets an in-school dental clinic extract my child's teeth? Navigating student and school health privacy
• WPF supports proposed changes to drop SSNs from some appellate forms
• Top tips for people affected by the recent Yahoo security breach
• The Fishbone model of biometric template security
• New proposed Privacy Act guidance: Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication under the Privacy Act
• WPF asks US DOJ to retain Privacy Act fairness standards in new system of records
• United States' Postal Service "Informed Delivery" plan puts consumers at risk
• WPF asks Office of Management and Budget to re-evaluate plan to request social media account information on entry/exit forms; requests pilot study
• 2025 Update: Interactive Medical Data Breach Map
• WPF urges US Customs and Border Protection to change course on asking for social media accounts
• The New Healthcare Fraud Continuum: Keynote
• New updates to our Top Ten Opt Out Tips for Consumers
• WPF Report - The Precision Medicine Initiative and Privacy: Will Any Legal Protections Apply?
• New World Privacy Forum report finds the Precision Medicine Initiative is lacking in legal privacy protections
• WPF's comments to the FDA on cybersecurity, urges increased attention to privacy
• Report -- US - EU Privacy Shield Analysis: Winners and Losers
• WPF files comments on US government proposal on confidentiality of drug/alcohol patient records, urges revisions
• Risk indicators for senior financial fraud and abuse: new red flags
• Follow up and update to One Way Mirror Society Report
• Support World Privacy Forum with your Amazon purchases
• Update in the California student data release case
• Proposed EU-US Privacy Shield Program enters new phase with release of details
• (Updated) Urgent for California Parents: Detailed student SSNs, medical information to be released by a court
• Op Ed on Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs
• Update: EU, US reach new Safe Harbor deal
• Update on Safe Harbor: Commissioner Jourova's remarks on the state of the framework talks
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): WPF files comments on wellness program privacy, purchase of employee genetic data, more
• WPF Files Comments on Federal Proposal for Human Subject Research (Common Rule)
• Do Not Call List: more than 222 million numbers registered and still growing, but robocall complaints growing
• Europe has reached agreement on new Data Protection Regulation
• WPF Keynote in China
• WPF files comments on federal information handling to the Office of Management and Budget
• WPF Congressional Testimony on Data Broker Security Available
• WPF to testify before Congress on data broker security
• EConsumer.Gov: Improved and updated multi-national consumer complaint website
• WPF joins US PIRG and NCLC in letter of concern re: data breach
• WPF files comments on new FERPA student health privacy guidance
• Fall 2015 Calendar Updates: WPF events and activities
• All Things Privacy and Biometrics (Panel discussion highlights)
• Why it's important to #OptOutKids from school data sharing
• Student Privacy 101: Why school directory information sharing is a major student privacy issue
• Consumer Tips: World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs
• India's Supreme Court issues interim orders in national biometric ID card case (Aadhaar)
• WPF celebrates launch of Harvard's Technology Science Journal, WPF's Executive Director on editorial board
• WPF to present domestic violence privacy and safety training workshop this week
• Video: A Sensor you can Swallow (CES 2015, interview)
• WPF files comments on wellness programs and privacy: urges EEOC to address privacy challenges
• WPF Executive Director named to OECD health privacy advisory group
• Privacy News: US Senate passes USA FREEDOM Act
• News Release: WPF to comment at Privacy Law Scholars Conference
• WPF supports new FCC proposal to reduce robocalls and give consumers more choice
• Public comments: WPF encourages NIST to refine report on de-identification of personally identifiable information
• News Release: WPF to present on Big Data at Euroforum
• Medical identity theft and electronic health care records: risks and solutions
• News Release: WPF to speak on global privacy at Southwestern Law School
• Collections Scoring, Privacy, and Consumer Impacts
• Video: Healthy Cities Project in China -- 20 million health records in the cloud (CES 2015, interview)
• Data, Lending, and Civil Rights
• Video: Robots and remote doctor visits -- telemedicine updates (CES 2015, interview, Double Robotics)
• Video: The New World of Health Sensors
• Privacy News: How to be Skillful -- Health Privacy Presentation
• News Release: New WPF guide -- what privacy laws apply to sensitive health information at schools?
• Student Privacy 101: Health Privacy in Schools --What law applies?
• Medical ID Theft a Threat for Anthem Breach Victims, Key Tips
• Video: High Tech Health highlights from CES 2015
• Student Privacy 101: What is FERPA and why does it matter?
• Privacy News: Obama launches sweeping privacy plan
• Events: World Privacy Forum at Consumer Electronics Show
• WPF News: Scoring of America report in NYT, White House report
• Privacy News: A decade-plus of compliance reports from the NSA Intelligence Oversight Board
• Event: Free medical privacy webinar for NNEDV / SafetyNet
• Panel talk: Big data, privacy, and vulnerable populations
• Video: Does my doctor share my records in an HIE?
• Video: What does "opt in" or "opt out" mean in a health information exchange?
• Some Californians receive emails from health insurer with personal details exposed: potential CalINDEX implications?
• Public comments: WPF urges FTC to focus on providing statistical parity for consumers (Big Data workshop)
• Financial Privacy | Public Comments: WPF urges caution in creating new unique mortgage identifier number
• WPF urges National Science Foundation to study Statistical Parity
• WPF Universal Periodic Review Comments -- The Right to Health Privacy: Human Rights and the Surveillance and Interception of Medical and Health Records by Security Agencies
• WPF participating in Human Rights review, civil society consultation
• Video: Can I delete my files from a Health Information Exchange?
• Video: How to request all of your medical files from a health information exchange
• Privacy Spotlight: FTC Big Data Event
• Smart Grid privacy public comment opportunity
• Video: Dealing with medical identity theft in Health Information Exchanges
• News release: WPF urges parents to turn in a school opt-out to protect their kids' privacy; new materials
• Consumer Tips: How one single school opt out can greatly improve your kids’ privacy
• Consumer Alert -- Home Depot data breach info: how to sign up for free credit monitoring
• Public Comments: WPF files comments on proposed national identity standard, recommends changes
• Consumer Tips - Facebook Privacy Guide: Finding and using Privacy Shortcuts
• FTC announces final agenda and panelist roster for Big Data workshop
• WPF's September 2014 Event Schedule
• Consumer Tips -- Facebook Privacy Guide: How to see what your Facebook Timeline looks like to the outside world
• Video: Correcting and amending medical records in an HIE
• California consumers get new smartphone remote lock law, plus tips for iPhone users
• Video: Do I have to give permission for my medical information to be in a Health Information Exchange? (Health Information Exchange Series)
• Freshly Updated Security Freeze Resource Page
• Consumer Alert: Significant medical data breach impacts 4.5 million patients
• Video: HIE versus Fax… (Health Information Exchange Series)
• Video: What is an HIE? (Health Information Exchange Series)
• WPF Newsletter: August 8, 2014
• WPF Comments about Privacy and Big Data: Ethical Framework and Rights Essential
• World Privacy Forum in the news - update
• Key WPF Health Information Exchange Tips and Maps
• California insurers announce largest Health Information Exchange in the US
• Consumer Tips: Facebook Privacy Guide -- How to Opt Out of Nielsen Research done via Facebook
• Consumer Alert: Be aware of unauthorized in-app charges
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report on PRISM publishes; reveals split
• Supreme Court Ruling on Cell Phone Privacy: Encouraging for Privacy
• Know the signs of credit repair scams
• WPF's Top Ten Opt-Out List is Freshly Updated
• FTC’s Data Broker Report Brings New Facts to Light about how Consumer Data is Captured and Sold
• WPF Analysis: Implications of the Google Spain Case
• European Court of Justice rules affirmatively on "Right to be Forgotten" online
• Snapchat Settles FTC Charges; FTC says Snapchat transmitted user location and collected address books without notice or consent
• Two WPF Reports Cited in White House Big Data Report; WPF supportive of report findings
• India Update: Talk, National Law University, New Delhi India
• WPF urges Big Data approach that addresses vulnerable populations
• Public Comments: WPF files comments urging the SEC to protect asset-level data privacy of consumers
• WPF Report -- The Scoring of America: How Secret Consumer Scores Threaten Your Privacy and Your Future
• The Scoring of America: Op Ed for IAPP & FTC Alternate Scoring Conference
• New Privacy Resource: The Origins of Fair Information Practices
• Interactive Medical Data Breaches Map
• Video - Biometrics Series: Automatic Video Enrollment in Action -- Capturing Consumer Facial Biometrics
• Video - Biometric Series: Automatic Border Control Entry Point Demo (Facial Recognition)
• WPF's data broker testimony results in new Congressional letters to data brokers about vulnerability-based marketing
• WPF Report -- Paying out of Pocket to Protect Health Privacy: A New but Complicated HIPAA Option; A Report on the HIPAA Right to Restrict Disclosure
• News Release: WPF publishes new report about how to use your new HIPAA right to restrict disclosure of your medical information when you pay in full
• Video -- Biometric Series: Mobile biometric collection and enrollment unit
• Video - Biometric Series Home Page: Intro to the technologies of identity
• Consumer Alert: Important New Consumer Tips for Target Data Breach
• News: Pam Dixon on NPR's All Things Considered tonight on health privacy
• Video: Congressional Testimony on Data Brokers - Senate Commerce Committee
• Thousands of complaints about kids' expensive bites of Apple's "in-app purchases" draw attention from the FTC
• Radio interview: Online privacy tips in the wake of Snapchat and Target data breaches
• Congressional Testimony: What Information Do Data Brokers Have on Consumers?
• Data Brokers Opt Out List
• News release: Pam Dixon to testify before Congress today
• WPF Resource Page: Job Search Privacy
• WPF Resources Page: Genetic Privacy Page
• WPF Resource Page: Security Freeze Information (How to set a freeze, more)
• WPF Resource Page: Behavioral Advertising and Privacy
• WPF Resource Page: Selected Agency and Public Comments
• WPF Resource Page: Cloud Computing and Privacy
• WPF Resource Page: The Medical Identity Theft Information Page
• Big Data, Big Myths
• Public Comments: November 2013 - WPF Comments on draft Genomic Data Sharing Policy (NIH)
• WPF files comments on Genomic Data Sharing, urges broad privacy protections
• News Release: WPF asks National Institutes of Health for Changes to Its Draft Genomics Data Sharing Policy
• News Release: New GAO data broker report discusses key WPF work on sales of mental health lists, more
• WPF Report in CNN: What Information is the Government Buying About You?
• WPF Report - Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens, Part III in a series
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | Introduction and Background
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | Recommendations
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | Conclusion
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | Discussion and Analysis of the OMB Do Not Pay Guidance
• News Release: WPF Publishes New Report on Government Use of Commercial Data Brokers
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | Executive Summary
• Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens | All Appendices
• Consumer Tips: Facebook Privacy Guide - Key Things to Know Before Hitting Someone Else's Wall
• Mobil Privacy Summit
• Consumer Tip: How to set Yahoo Mail to use SSL
• Consumer Tips: What to do about the NSA address book snooping
• Japan's My Number program (マイナンバー法) gets independent Data Protection Authority Commissioner in early 2014
• News Release: WPF Publishes New Consumer Tips for Using Facebook Privacy Settings, First FAQ in a Series
• Consumer Tips: Facebook Privacy Guide - How to Turn On Secure Browsing
• Mobile Privacy Summit Oct. 23
• Consumer Tips: Search Engine Privacy
• Complete 2013 Update to WPF's Landmark Patient's Guide to HIPAA
• WPF Speaking at Biometrics 2013, London
• Seniors and Sweepstakes: What you need to know
• WPF Resource Page: Selected Agency and Public Comments
• News Release: Updated Top Ten Opt Outs
• Health Information Exchanges in California
• How unique are you?
• Press Statement: WPF supports NTIA Short Form Notice Code of Conduct to Promote Transparency in Mobile App Practices
• News Release: WPF Publishes New e-Health Privacy Resources for Consumers
• World Privacy Forum's HIE Tips, Glossary, and FAQ for Patients
• California issues first statewide breach report
• NTIA July mobile app meeting announced
• NAI follow up: Comparing 2007 and 2013 in self-reg
• The Origins of Do Not Track, and Its Future
• News Release: Senior ID Theft is Increasing
• Interview: Pam Dixon On Air with Gerri Willis of Fox News
• Press and Media: Medical ID Theft: Latest Tips and Advice
• WPF Participating in ID Ecosystem Plenary
• WPF Discussing New Research in FTC Senior ID Theft Workshop
• Pam Dixon writes about India's National ID Card in May/June issue of Foreign Policy Magazine
• WPF: FAA must clarify and enhance drone privacy practices
• Public Comments: April 2013 - FAA must clarify and enhance drone privacy practices
• News Release: WPF Discusses Data Brokers' Techniques and the Results With CNN
• WPF on panel of MSI
• Visiting Scholar Lecture Pacific Northwest College of Art
• Senior ID Theft: Issues, Causes, and Cures
• Letter to FTC re: Equifax sales of consumer info to predatory lenders
• News Release: Pam Dixon Speaking about India and Developing Nation Privacy with FTC / IAPP
• WPF to Speak on a Global Perspective on Consumer Privacy at FTC- IAPP Privacy Conference Workshop
• ID Ecosystem meetings ongoing
• News Release: Medical ID Theft Reports are up More Than 61 Percent
• Privacy in India Video Series: WPF
• Online privacy debate at IAB leadership summit
• Consumer experiences of job searching and online reputation
• NTIA drafting process ongoing
• News Release: Online Job Scams are Still Alive and Thriving
• Debating the future of privacy
• WPF to Present Consumer Privacy Perspective at DMA Webinar
• The Privacy Gap: Pam Dixon to Speak at Churchill Club
• Mobile app privacy discussions continue
• WPF on CES Panel on Facial Recognition
• News Release: WPF Speaking at Leaders in Technology Summit at Consumer Electronics Show
• WPF files a FOIA to obtain the DOJ's annual report of their uses of protected health information
• Thank You
• World Privacy Forum: California, Don’t Weaken Californian’s Health Privacy Laws
• California AG creates new privacy protection and enforcement unit
• Press release: Put the Consumer First and Focus on What is Important
• Drones can be hacked, say security researchers
• WPF urges stakeholders to put the consumer first, focus on what is important
• Health Information Exchange in California
• WPF dialogues with App developers at Privacy Summit in Los Angeles, San Diego
• WPF speaks at FTC workshop
• Public Comments: May 2012 - WPF Asks Presidential Commission to Protect Genetic Privacy
• WPF Asks Presidential Commission to Protect Genetic Privacy
• WPF Republishes Landmark Medical ID Theft Tips and FAQ for Consumers
• WPF Resource Page: The Medical Identity Theft Information Page
• Consumer Tips: Medical Identity Theft- What to Do if You are a Victim (or are concerned about it)
• FAQ: Medical ID Theft: How to Recover if You're A Victim - And What To Do If You Are Worried About Becoming a Victim
• Medical ID Theft Training for law enforcement and health care professionals
• US Department of Health and Human Services fines Arizona provider $100,000 for HIPAA violations
• Public Comments: April 2012 - WPF asks that the full Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights be applied to MS Process
• WPF files comments with US Department of Commerce; Asks that the full Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights be applied to MS Process
• Press Release: We Support a Centralized Data Broker Opt Out
• WPF Strongly Endorses Centralized Data Broker Opt-Out Mechanism
• FTC releases report: picks up two key WPF recommendations in report, numerous cites
• WPF Facebook Page
• Principles for Multi-Stakeholder Process (NTIA)
• Leading Civil Society Groups Agree on Key Principles: the Commerce Privacy Process Must be Fair, Transparent, Credible
• Public Comments: February 2012 - WPF asks that the full Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights be applied to MS Process (Principles for Multi-Stakeholder Process)
• Companies overriding Safari browser privacy settings
• Don't put all of your digital activities in one place ....
• WPF says a "walk-out opt-out" is not enough for consumer protection
• Public Comments: January 2012 - Regarding Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition
• WPF asks CFPB to keep consumer complaint data open to public
• Public Comments: January 2012 - Regarding Disclosure of Certain Credit Card Complaint Data
• US Supreme Court delivers opinion about GPS tracking
• WPF opposes censorship bills; supports right to create and use anonymization tools to protect privacy
• WPF urges more consumer protection and redress in the Facebook FTC settlement
• Public Comments: December 2011 - WPF urges more consumer protection and redress in the Facebook FTC settlement
• WPF testifies at FTC facial recognition hearing
• WPF Resource Page: Cloud Computing and Privacy
• WPF urges HHS to do more to protect the privacy of people who are medical research subjects
• Public Comments: October 2011 - WPF urges HHS to do more to protect the privacy of medical research subjects
• WPF Report: Many Failures - A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation | Report Home Page
• Report: Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self Regulation | Section: Introduction and Summary
• Report: Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation | Section: Industry-Supported Self-Regulatory Programs for Privacy
• Report: Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation | Section: Government Privacy Self-Regulatory Activities
• Many Failures: WPF report on history of privacy self-regulation
• Report: Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation | Section: Combination Self-Regulatory Efforts
• Report: Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation | Section: Conclusion
• World Privacy Forum to testify before Congress
• Congressional Testimony: What’s a Consumer to Do? Consumer Perceptions and Expectations of Privacy Online
• TACD letter to Congress on European privacy
• Interview: Pam Dixon on air
• New Medical Identity Theft map
• Medical Identity Theft, Mapped by city
• WPF files substantive comments on HIPAA
• Public Comments: August 2011 - Proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule regarding Accounting of Disclosures under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
• Digiday panel talk
• HIPAA Countdown
• Consumer Tip: Opt out of automatic Facebook facial recognition
• Interview: Medical ID theft rising
• US Department of Commerce requests feedback on its new cybersecurity report
• WPF requests more information about Ceridian data breach and the FTC complaint process
• Public Comments: May 2011 - WPF requests more information about Ceridian data breach and the FTC complaint process
• WPF Files Comments on Deeply Flawed FERPA Proposal
• Public Comments: May 2011 - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act FERPA
• California Budget Plan Nixes State's Privacy Office
• Apple iPhone and iPad software update available
• Consumer Tips: Is Your iPhone or iPad taking a bite out of your privacy?
• Updated Apple Tipsheet
• New WPF Consumer tipsheet for Apple iPhone and iPad users
• GSK Breach Letter
• Major Changes Weaken FERPA
• WPF Comments on Health Information Exchanges in California
• Public Comments: April 2011 - WPF Files Joint Comments on California Health Information Exchanges
• Privacy News: WPF Complaint to FTC Results in Online Data Broker Settlements
• WPF Resource Page: Behavioral Advertising and Privacy
• WPF Urges Fair Privacy Stakeholder Process
• Public Comments: February 2011 Comments on EASA Best Practice Recommendation on Online Behavioural Advertising
• WPF on EASA: Self-Regulation on Online Behavioral Advertising No Longer Credible
• Public Comments: February 2011 WPF Responds to FTC's Report on Privacy
• WPF Responds to FTC's Report on Privacy
• WPF launches Facebook Page
• Public Comments: January 2011 - Regarding Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy
• WPF asks US Department of Commerce to make stakeholder process fair
• Public Comments: December 2010 Personal Health Records and online advertising
• WPF comments about Personal Health Records and online advertising
• FTC issues long-awaited privacy report
• Report: The US Department of Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Indifference and Neglect
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Introduction and Summary of Findings
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Findings
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Early Years of Privacy at Commerce
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: The US-EU Safe Harbor Agreement
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Safe Harbor Studies
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Recent Safe Harbor Developments
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: APEC
• Commerce and International Privacy Activities: Conclusion
• New Report on US Department of Commerce Privacy Track Record
• FTC starts sending out checks to LifeLock victims
• Top Ten Opt Out list updated
• New ID theft guide for those who assist ID theft victims
• FTC drops Google WiFi case
• Good privacy decision in Amazon v. Lay fight to keep customer information private
• Public Comments: September 2010 - Joint comments on the Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules under HITECH
• Public Comments: September 2010 Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules under HITECH (long version)
• WPF files two sets of key comments on HIPAA privacy rule
• Public Comments: August 2010 - WPF files comments on deeply flawed SEC plan
• WPF files comments on deeply flawed SEC plan
• State AGs press Google on Wi-Fi debacle
• Data broker presentation at CFP conference
• WPF votes on key California medical privacy guidelines
• Public Comments: May 2010 - WPF comments on possible changes to HIPAA privacy rule; requests more patient access to audit logs
• WPF comments on proposed changes to HIPAA
• Digital Signage Privacy Principles for Consumers: Nation's leading consumer groups release new privacy principles
• Digital Signage Privacy Principles: Critical policies and practices for digital signage networks
• The One Way Mirror Society: WPF's new report on Digital Signage
• WPF to speak at FTC Privacy Roundtable
• WPF Report: One-Way-Mirror Society - Privacy Implications of the new Digital Signage Networks
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Introduction - What is digital signage and why care about its privacy implications?
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Overview of key digital signage capabilities in place today
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Lower and Medium Privacy Risk Consumer Tracking Technologies
• One-Way-Mirror Society: High Privacy Risk Consumer Tracking Technologies
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Consumer Responses to Digital Signage and Privacy Issues
• One-Way-Mirror Society: What are the specific privacy issues posed by digital signage networks / what risks exist?
• One-Way-Mirror Society: What has been done by industry regarding privacy?
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Recommendations
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Conclusion
• One-Way-Mirror Society: Appendix A - POPAI Recommended Code of Conduct for Consumer Tracking Methods
• Public Comments: January 2010 - WPF files comments with Department of Labor regarding genetic regulations
• Genetic regulations and privacy: Department of Labor
• FTC Privacy Roundtable: WPF to testify on information brokers
• Public Comments: December 2009 - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, GINA NPRM
• World Privacy Forum comments on genetic non-discrimination to HHS
• World Privacy Forum testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Testimony: The Modern Permanent Record and Consumer Impacts from the Offline and Online Collection of Consumer Information
• WPF to speak at FTC Exploring Privacy Roundtable
• WPF files comments for FTC Roundtables on privacy standards, consumer expectations of privacy
• Public Comments: November 2009 - WPF files comments for FTC Roundtables on privacy standards, consumer expectations of privacy
• WPF is signatory to the Madrid Declaration; global privacy standards for a global world
• Red Flag Rule enforcement delayed until 2010
• Medical data breach rule needs more work; World Privacy Forum files comments with HHS requesting changes
• Public Comments: October 2009 - WPF files comments with HHS requesting changes
• WPF Resource Page: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information
• WPF Credit Freeze information page updated
• WPF updates Red Flag report
• Red Flag Rule: Executive Summary
• WPF Report: Red Flag and Address Discrepancy Requirements - Suggestions for Health Care Providers
• Red Flag Rule: Background
• Red Flag Rule: How the Red Flag Rule Affects Health Care Providers
• Red Flag Rule: What are the Obligations for a Health Care Provider Covered by the Red Flag Rule as a Creditor?
• Red Flag Rule: What are the Address Discrepancy Obligations for a Health Care Provider That Uses Credit Reports?
• Red Flag Rule: Conclusion
• Red Flag Rule: About the Authors
• Red Flag Rule: Appendix 1 - Reproduction of the Red Flag and Address Discrepancy Guidelines and Supplement
• Archived WPF Privacy Policy 2009
• WPF asks Treasury to get consumers' consent before checking their credit reports
• Public Comments: August 2009 - WPF asks Treasury to get consumers' consent before checking their credit reports
• Health IT standards meeting
• FTC issues final rule on health data breaches
• Public Comments: August 2009 - WPF files comments on government use of web tracking technologies
• World Privacy Forum files comments on government use of web tracking technologies
• World Privacy Forum sends letter to Los Angeles Mayor regarding proposed cloud computing contract
• Letter: July 2009 WPF letter to Los Angeles Mayor regarding cloud computing privacy issues
• Facebook, MySpace, Xing receive warning letters from EU consumer group
• IAB releases guidelines for controlling behavioral advertising practices
• EU: Article 29 Working Party releases Opinion on social networking sites
• WPF participating at TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue meeting
• World Privacy Forum files comments with the FTC regarding proposed rules for health care-related data breaches
• Public Comments: May 2009 - WPF files comments with HHS regarding data breach guidance
• World Privacy Forum files comments with HHS regarding data breach guidance
• WPF Resources Page: Genetic Privacy Page
• WPF Resource Page: Job Search Privacy
• Consumer Tips: Job Searcher's Guide to Online Job Sites
• Job Searcher's Guide to Job Search Sites
• Credit Freeze how-to updated
• World Privacy Forum files comments on proposed genetic discrimination regulations
• Public Comments: April 2009 Proposed Rule to Implement Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
• When opting out is hard to do: World Privacy Forum sends letter to FTC about data broker companies offering mail-based opt outs
• Public Comments: April 2009 – Request for declaration regarding fairness of opt-out methods and investigation into Acxiom, US Search, PublicRecordsNow, and USA People Search consumer opt-out methods
• Blog Post: Patient's Guide to HIPAA
• World Privacy Forum Publishes A Patient’s Guide to HIPAA, First Comprehensive HIPAA Privacy Guide Written Expressly For Patients
• World Privacy Forum asks FTC to reconsider proposed consent agreement with CVS
• California Health Information Identification data base California CHILI database now online
• Public Comments: March 2009 - Comments on the Proposed Consent Agreement with CVS / Caremark
• NHIN Timeline: Documenting the history and development of the National Health Information Network
• WPF Resource Page: The National Health Information Network Page
• Consumer Tips: Cloud Computing Privacy Tips
• Report Announcement: Privacy in the Clouds
• WPF Report: Privacy in the Clouds
• Privacy in the Clouds: Introduction and Summary of Findings
• Privacy in the Clouds: When Can a Business Share Information with a Cloud Provider?
• Privacy in the Clouds: Consequences of Third Party Storage for Individuals and Businesses
• Privacy in the Clouds: Other Cloud Computing Issues
• Privacy in the Clouds: Policy Observations
• Privacy in the Clouds: Credits
• CVS Caremark pharmacy chain agrees to pay $2.25 million to settle charges of HIPAA violations; also settles with the FTC
• FTC releases its online advertising principles; Commissioner Harbour urges FTC to go beyond self-regulation
• World Privacy Forum opposes California DMV plan
• Public Comments: February 2009 - DMV proposes a major policy shift to biometric systems
• Consumer Tips: Job Seekers' Guide to Resumes - Twelve Resume Posting Truths
• WPF Consumer Alert: Another Monster.com Data Breach
• World Privacy Forum celebrates International Privacy Day
• Consumer Alert: Monster.com announces another big data breach
• New privacy rules for schools released; World Privacy Forum comments had positive impact for student and parent privacy
• World Privacy Forum urges more clarification and privacy protection regarding "incidental collection" of genetic information in GINA
• Keep my genes private: World Congress panel presentation
• Public Comments: December 2008 - GINA – Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
• World Privacy Forum elected to HITSP board
• New telemarketing rules take effect today: more power over pre-recorded telemarketing calls
• WPF Report: Job Application Kiosks - Why is there less privacy for retail workers?
• Job Application Kiosks: Introduction to the Kiosk Issue
• Job Application Kiosks: The Role of Unicru in the Kiosk and Retail Job Sector
• Job Application Kiosks: Kiosk Industry Recommendations
• Job Application Kiosks: Consumer Tips for Using Employment Kiosks and their Related Web sites
• First International Privacy and Security Conference (IPSC2008) in Tokyo Nov. 11-12 Brings Together World Experts to Share Solutions and Information on the Privacy and Security Impact of the World Economic Crisis, Data Leakages, New Global Data Issues, and
• World Privacy Forum Publishes Red Flag Rule Suggestions for Hospitals and Providers; new FTC-enforced rules go into effect Nov. 1, can apply to health care providers
• World Privacy Forum urges more attention to the protection of research study participants
• Public Comments: September 2008 - World Privacy Forum urges more attention to the protection of research study participants
• Updates to NHIN timeline
• Press Announcement: World Privacy Forum files comments to DHS regarding the Border Crossing Information System; Some proposed routine uses of the system directly contravene the Privacy Act of 1974
• Public Comments: August 2008 - Border Crossing Information, System of Records Notice, DHS-2007-0040
• Perceptions of privacy by the class of 2012
• World Privacy Forum Files FTC Complaint About AOL Data Releases
• World Privacy Forum Announces IPSC2008 Conference in Tokyo, Japan
• News Release and Event Announcement: International Privacy and Security Conference 2008
• Comments of the World Privacy Forum to the FTC re: Ingenix and Milliman FCRA enforcement action
• First EU Privacy Seal granted to search engine
• Security Freeze Page updated with new states
• FTC reports more than 145 million telephone numbers are in the National Do Not Call Registry
• Tips for getting your free annual credit report freshly updated
• Consumer Tips: Critical Tips For Job Seekers to Avoid Job Scams
• WPF Resources Page: Job Scams
• Major update to cookie opt-out page
• Consumer Tips: How you can retrieve your federally mandated free credit report
• WPF Resource Page: AnnualCreditReport.com
• Resume posting guide updated
• World Privacy Forum receives 2008 Consumer Excellence Award
• OECD reaffirms its support for the 1980 OECD principles on privacy, or "Fair Information Practices"
• Council for Responsible Genetics convenes experts and the public for database and genetics conference
• World Privacy Forum files comments with FTC regarding credit -based insurance scoring
• WPF Report: A Year in the Life of an Online Job Scam - A Longitudinal Study
• Online Job Scam: Introduction
• Online Job Scam: Payment Transfer Scams and How They Operate
• Online Job Scam: Timeline - The Evolution of a Job Scam
• Online Job Scam: Job Site Responses
• Online Job Scam: Critical Tips For Job Seekers to Help Avoid Job Scams
• Online Job Scam: RSS Job Feeds and Job Fraud
• Online Job Scam: Resources
• Online Job Scam: Credits
• Online Job Scam: Methodology
• Online Job Scam: From the Victims' Perspective: Sample UMAB contracts and email exchanges.
• World Privacy Forum, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, EPIC, and other consumer groups urge Google to post a link to its privacy policy from its home page
• Consumer and Privacy Groups Urge Google to Post a Link to Its Privacy Policy From Its Home Page
• Key genetic oversight report released; includes changes based on World Privacy Forum comments
• World Privacy Forum files comments on proposed changes to FERPA; requests changes to protect student and parent privacy
• Public Comments: May 2008 - Proposed changes to FERPA don't protect student and parent privacy
• World Privacy Forum to speak at Federal Trade Commission health workshop
• World Privacy Forum files comments on behaviorally targeted ads online; requests separate rulemaking for sensitive medical information
• Public Comments: April 2008 - WPF files comments on behaviorally targeted ads online; requests separate rulemaking for sensitive medical information
• World Privacy Forum files comments on proposed rules regarding Patient Safety Organizations
• Public Comments: April 2008 WPF files comments on proposed rules regarding Patient Safety Organizations
• Public Comments: April 2008 - Freedom of Information Act Request; NHIN Cooperative Workgroups
• Updated Consumer Tips for Medical ID Theft
• WPF Resource Page: Personal Health Records
• Consumer Tips: The Potential Privacy Risks in Personal Health Records
• Legal and Policy Analysis: Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy
• WPF Consumer Advisory: The Potential Privacy Risks in Personal Health Records Every Consumer Needs to Know About
• WPF Report: Personal Health Records - Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy
• Personal Health Records: Introduction
• Personal Health Records: Discussion
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Privilege
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Subpoenas
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Marketing
• Personal Health Records: The PHR as a Depository
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Linkage
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Security
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Correction
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Consents for Disclosure
• Personal Health Records: PHRs and Privacy Policies
• Personal Health Records: Conclusion
• World Privacy Forum, NCLC, and Consumer's Union file extensive comments regarding accuracy of credit reports
• Public Comments: February 2008 - WPF, NCLC, and Consumer's Union file extensive comments regarding accuracy of credit reports
• Opportunity for public comment on the accuracy of credit reports
• Updates to Top Ten Opt-Out List
• WPF Resource Page: The Workplace Privacy Project
• A Brief Introduction to Fair Information Practices
• World Privacy Forum files public comments regarding oversight of genetic testing
• Fair Information Practices (FIPS) page update
• Public Comments: December 2007 – Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) regarding its draft report on genetic testing oversight, U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing
• New FTC statistics affirm World Privacy Forum's 2006 Medical Identity Theft report; give first robust medical identity theft statistics
• Security Freeze update: as of November 1, security freeze now available to consumers in all states
• World Privacy Forum appointed to California Security and Privacy Advisory Board
• WPF Report: The National Advertising Initiative - Failing at Consumer Protection and at Self-Regulation
• The National Advertising Initiative: Difficulties with the NAI
• The National Advertising Initiative: The Beginnings of the NAI
• The National Advertising Initiative: What the NAI Does
• The National Advertising Initiative: The NAI is Broken and Does Not Protect Consumers
• WPF Release a Report: The Network Advertising Initiative: Failing at Consumer Protection and at Self-Regulation
• The National Advertising Initiative: Beyond Cookies - Tracking Technologies are not Always Exposed or Visible to Consumers
• The National Advertising Initiative: Membership Problems of the NAI
• The National Advertising Initiative: Notice - Still Not Clear or Conspicuous
• The National Advertising Initiative: TRUSTe’s Systematic March From NAI Transparency
• The National Advertising Initiative: Oversight of NAI is a Failure
• The National Advertising Initiative: Conclusion
• The National Advertising Initiative: Appendix A - List of NAI Members (all categories) 1999-2007
• The National Advertising Initiative: Appendix B - Listing of TRUSTe Complaints Regarding NAI From 2000 – 2007
• Public Comments: November 2007 - Ehavioral Advertising - Tracking, Targeting, and Technology
• Privacy and consumer groups unveil consensus document recommending expanded consumer rights and protections in the behavioral advertising sector
• Public Comments: October 2007 - Consensus Document, Do Not Track Proposal
• Briefing Paper - Responses to Medical Identity Theft: Eight best practices for helping victims of medical identity theft
• World Privacy Forum gives keynote speech to AHIMA on medical identity theft; outlines 8-point best-practice responses to the crime
• World Privacy Forum outlines 8 best practice responses to medical identity theft for the healthcare sector
• Public Comments: World Privacy Forum files comments on CMS plan to allow release of patients' protected health information from Medicare database in some circumstances; benefits do not outweigh the risks
• Pam Dixon's keynote speech on medical identity theft at the AHIMA National Convention
• Public Comments: October 2007 - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) System of Records Notice regarding substantive changes to the Medicare database release policy
• Update: World Privacy Forum's NHIN Timeline updated to reflect changes in AHIC
• World Privacy Forum requests adoption of a "no stakeholders left behind" policy in AHIC successor plans
• Public Comments: September 2007 - American Health Information Community Successor White Paper (August 2007)
• Update: Monster.com saying data breach may impact all users of Monster.com, official Federal job site USAJobs.com impacted
• WPF Consumer Alert: Monster.com Data Breach
• GAO's data breach list from its June 2007 report: FOIA result
• World Privacy Forum and EFF submit comments on AHRQ plan for national healthcare database
• Consumer Alert: Monster.com data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of job seekers; job seekers who have safety concerns may be especially at risk
• Public Comments: August 2007 - AHRQ Joint Comments .....World Privacy Forum and EFF submit comments on AHRQ plan for national healthcare database
• World Privacy Forum responds to June 2007 NCVHS recommendations to the Secretary of HHS regarding health care information at non-HIPAA covered entities
• Public Comments: August 2007 - NCVHS letter Update to privacy laws and regulations required to accommodate NHIN data sharing practice
• World Privacy Forum testifies at FDA advisory committee hearing on the iPledge program; requests attention to privacy issues
• Public Comments: August 2007 - iPledge Program / FDA ..... World Privacy Forum testifies at FDA advisory committee hearing on the iPledge program; requests attention to privacy issues
• World Privacy Forum requests that the new National Disaster Medical System protect all patient information to standards at least equal to HIPAA
• Public Comments: July 2007 - WPF requests that the new National Disaster Medical System protect all patient information to standards at least equal to HIPAA
• World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Out List
• Public Comments: July 2007 - GAO's Public Availability of General Accounting Office Records regulations
• Archived WPF Privacy Policy 2007- 2009
• Public Comments: June 2007 - FDA/AHRQ Public Workshop, Implementation of Risk Minimization Action Plans to Support Quality Use of Pharmaceuticals: Opportunities and Challenges
• How to place a security freeze (credit freeze)
• The FDA needs to set privacy standards to protect patients in drug risk programs
• World Privacy Forum makes presentation at National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine
• World Privacy Forum Comments on AHIC Confidentiality, Privacy, Security Workgroup Hypothesis
• Public Comments: June 2007 - To The American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security (CPS) workgroup on its Working Hypothesis
• World Privacy Forum files public comments and recommendations on pharmacogenomics privacy: all patient-specific PGx research should require certificates of confidentiality
• Public Comments: May 2007 - NIH....World Privacy Forum files public comments and recommendations on pharmacogenomics privacy: all patient-specific PGx research should require certificates of confidentiality
• World Privacy Forum and Electronic Frontier Foundation File Public Comments on REAL ID
• Public Comments: May 2007 - REAL ID .... Joint Comments .... World Privacy Forum and Electronic Frontier Foundation File Public Comments on REAL ID
• Stop REAL ID
• Launch of the WPF Discussion Forum: The Paradox of Consent, analysis by Bob Gellman
• Update: World Privacy Forum's National Health Information Network Timeline
• Genetic Privacy Page
• Commercial drivers' license applicants requesting exemption from the diabetes standard have their personal medical information, name, age, and more published in the Federal Register; World Privacy Forum urges changes to the practice
• Public Comments: March 2007 Commercial drivers’ license applicants requesting exemption from the diabetes standard have their personal medical information, name, age, and more published in the Federal Register
• World Privacy Forum testifies on genetic privacy and consumer data marketing issues
• World Privacy Forum comments about the ethical, legal, and social implications of using genetic health care data in electronic health records
• Public Comments: February 2007 - WPF comments about the ethical, legal, and social implications of using genetic health care data in electronic health records
• President's Identity Theft Task Force: World Privacy Forum requests that medical identity theft be added to task force agenda
• Public Comments: January 2006 - President's Identity Theft Task Force: World Privacy Forum requests that medical identity theft be added to task force agenda
• WPF comments on proposed guidance on Confidential Information Protection and Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA)
• Public Comments: December 2006 - Confidential Information Protection and Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA)
• World Privacy Forum Requests That CMS Bring Its Medicare Part D Data Activities Under HIPAA and Require Certificates of Confidentiality to Protect Patient Privacy
• Public Comments: December 2006 - Medical privacy / Medicare Part D World Privacy Forum Requests That CMS Bring Its Medicare Part D Data Activities Under HIPAA and Require Certificates of Confidentiality to Protect Patient Privacy
• Identity Theft Victims of Choicepoint Data Breach May Now File Reimbursement Claims
• Department of Justice Proposes Making Changes to Routine Uses of its Systems and Databases; World Privacy Forum Files Comments on Problematic Privacy Act Issues with the Proposed Changes
• Public Comments: November 2006 - Privacy Act of 1974 Department of Justice Proposes Making Changes to Routine Uses of its Systems and Databases; World Privacy Forum Files Comments on Problematic Privacy Act Issues with the Proposed Changes
• World Privacy Forum Comments on Proposed Policy for Genetic Database
• Public Comments: October 2006 Comments to National Institutes of Health regarding its Request for Information for Genome Wide Association Studies repository policy.
• World Privacy Forum Files Comments on a Proposed DHS rulemaking; asks the Department to make a Commitment to Transparency and Accountability
• Comments: September 2006 - WPF Files Comments on a Proposed DHS rulemaking; asks the Department to make a Commitment to Transparency and Accountability
• Public Comments: September 2006 Proposed Regulations on Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
• World Privacy Forum Comments on "Red Flag" Guidelines for Identity Theft, Requests Addition of Medical Identity Theft to Red Flag Rule
• Public Comments: August 2006 - FTC Complaint About Search AOL Data Releases
• World Privacy Forum Announces Plans to File FTC Complaint About AOL Search Data Release
• AOL Releases The Unfiltered Search Histories Of 657,000-Plus Users; World Privacy Forum Filing FTC Complaint
• World Privacy Forum Comments on Privacy Issues Relating to a Nationwide Genetic Research Project
• Public Comments: July 2006 - WPF comments on draft report "Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, Environment, and Disease.
• Step-by-step FAQ for victims of medical identity theft
• World Privacy Forum comments on Medicaid Program and State Children's Health Insurance Program Systems Notice; requests changes
• Public Comments: June 2006 - Medicaid Program and State Children's Health Insurance Program Systems Notice
• Consumer Fraud Alert: Bogus Job Ads Pose Potential Harm to Consumers
• Public Comments: May 2006 - US Civil Society Organizations (CSO)
• Report: Medical Identity Theft - The Information Crime that Can Kill You
• Medical Identity Theft: Part I - Summary
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - The Security Issues this Crime Raises
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - Definition of Medical Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - Medical Identity Theft by the Numbers: How Prevalent is this Problem?
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - The Human Cost of Medical Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - How People Have Discovered They are Victims of Medical Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - Some Dynamics of Medical Identity Theft
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - Recourse and Recovery Issues for Victims
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - Medical Identity Theft and HIPAA
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - The Security Issues this Crime Raises
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - What’s Next? Going Forward From Here
• Medical Identity Theft: Discussion - New Consumer Tips for Medical Identity Theft Victims
• Comments to IRS on Tax Information Sharing
• Public Comments: March 2006 - IRS on Tax Information Sharing
• World Privacy Forum Files Comments About Proposed Changes to HIPAA
• World Privacy Forum Requests NSA Domestic Surveillance Inquiry
• Public Comments: January 2006 - Requests NSA Domestic Surveillance Inquiry
• Search Engine Privacy Tips
• FTC to Conduct New Identity Theft Survey; World Privacy Forum Submits Comments
• Public Comments: January 2006 - Identity theft survey
• Public Comments: November 2005 - WPF Files Comments About Proposed Changes to HIPAA
• World Privacy Forum Comments to HHS on Protecting Patient Choice and Expanding Medical Privacy Rights
• Public Comments: November 2005 - HHS about Regulatory Reform/ HIPAA
• World Privacy Forum Testifies on Electronic Health Records and Privacy
• Testimony of Pam Dixon, before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality
• FTC responds to WPF's Call Don't Click Report and takes action against impostors
• World Privacy Forum Comments to the FCC on Telemarketing
• Public Comments: July 2005 - WPF Comments to the FCC on Telemarketing
• WPF Report: Call Don't Click II - Still be smart about ordering federally mandated free credit reports
• Press Release: Call Don't Click Update: STILL BE SMART ABOUT ORDERING FEDERALLY MANDATED FREE CREDIT REPORTS - New Report Identifies Over 100 Imposter Domains Interfering with Federally Mandated Free Credit Report Site, www.AnnualCreditReport.com
• Updated Resume Posting Tips for Jobseekers
• HIPAA News and National Health Information Network News
• Updated Consumer tips for retrieving your federally mandated free credit report
• Public Comments: April 2005 - RFID in passports
• Public Comments: February 2005 - Demonstrated Consumer Risk due to Online Link Blocking by www.AnnualCreditReport.com. Fifty “Live ”Imposter” Domains Luring Consumers Away from the Official Free Credit Report Site
• World Privacy Forum and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse ask the FTC to immediately stop credit bureaus from blocking web links to www.annualcreditreport.com
• Press Release: Call Don't Click II: Why it's smarter to order a federally mandated credit report via the phone instead of the internet
• WPF Report: Call Don't Click I - Why It's Smarter to Order Federally Mandated Free Credit Reports via Telephone, not the Internet
• New CSS rules
• WPF and EFF Submit Comments on the National Health Information Network
• Public Comments: February 2005 Comments on NHIN Request for Information
• World Privacy Forum Testifies about Federal ID Card
• Joint comments on Proposed Federal ID Standard
• Public Comments: December 2004 - Contactless ID cards for federal employees
• Consumers' Privacy Guide to Job Searching Online
• How to say no to the cookies that track you
• Consumer Tips: Resume Database Information
• Report: A Year in the Life of a Job Scam
• Timeline: The evolution of a job scam
• Consumer Tips: Stay safe from online job scams
• Timeline: The Evolution of an Online Job Scam
• WHOIS database privacy issues
• Public Comments: July 2004 - Whois Task Force 1 Preliminary Report
• Public Comments: June 2004 - WHOIS Task Force 2 Preliminary Report
• Public Comments: June 2004 - Response from the State of California, Office of the Attorney General regarding Goggle's Gmail Service
• Public Comments: April 2004 - Communications privacy
• Consumer fraud alert: job scams
• Inaugural World Privacy Forum Report, 11 November 2003
• WPF Report: 2003 Job Search Privacy Study
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Executive Summary
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Introduction
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Principles of Fair Information Practices
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Core Job Site Privacy Issues
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Privacy Issues at Specific Job Sites
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Employment Application Kiosks and Sites
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Privacy Practices at Resume Writing Services
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Best Practices for Job and Career-Related Sites
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Consumer Guide to Online Job Sites
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Consumer Tips for Job Searching Online
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Suggestions for Employers and Career Counselors
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Credits
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Methodology
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Updates to This Report
• 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Appendix A - Key Unicru Screens
• WPF Report: Resume Database Nightmare - Job Seeker Privacy at Risk
• Resume Database Nightmare: Introduction
• Resume Database Nightmare: "Resume Sale" at HotResumes.com
• Resume Database Nightmare: Biotech and Pharmaceutical Resume Database Privacy Issue
• Resume Database Nightmare: Policy Recommendations
• Resume Database Nightmare: Recommendations to Job Seekers
• Resume Database Nightmare: Contributors
• Resume Database Nightmare: Appendices