Public Comments: February 2008 – WPF, NCLC, and Consumer’s Union file...
Background: The NCLC, Consumer’s Union, and the World Privacy Forum filed extensive joint comments today regarding the proposed rulemaking, Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of...
View ArticleBig Data, Big Myths
WPF Blog Post Forbes has published a thoughtful article about Big Data, reeling the hype attached to the catchy term back to reality. The article, written by Forbes contributors Woodrow Hartzog and...
View ArticleThe Scoring of America: Op Ed for IAPP & FTC Alternate Scoring Conference
The Scoring of America: Op Ed Pam Dixon, Executive Director, World Privacy Forum This op ed was originally published Wednesday, March 19 2014 in IAPP for the FTC Alternate Scoring Conference. WPF...
View ArticleTwo WPF Reports Cited in White House Big Data Report; WPF supportive of...
Two key recent reports published by the World Privacy Forum, The Scoring of America and Data Brokers and the Federal Government, were cited in the White House’s new report on Big Data. Of note, the...
View ArticleFTC’s Data Broker Report Brings New Facts to Light about how Consumer Data is...
May 27, 2014 Forget worrying about loyalty cards or programs: it’s the everyday purchases you make tied to your name with a debit or credit card that can land you on data brokers’ lists. That is one of...
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Privacy Spotlight: FTC Big Data Event
Big Data and its potential for inclusion and exclusion was on center stage this past September as the FTC held a day-long workshop of panelists of experts from industry, technology, privacy, civil...
View ArticleWPF urges National Science Foundation to study Statistical Parity
WPF’s Public comments on National Privacy Research Strategy The World Privacy Forum submitted public comments today to the National Science Foundation in response to its request for information about a...
View ArticlePublic comments: WPF urges FTC to focus on providing statistical parity for...
WPF urges FTC to focus on consumers’ ability to control their digital exhaust and statistical parity for big data era At the FTC workshop on Big Data September 15, Big Data: Tool for Inclusion or...
View ArticlePanel talk: Big data, privacy, and vulnerable populations
Pam Dixon will be speaking at the IAPP-FTC Practical Privacy Conference in Washington DC this week. The conference is from Dec. 2-3. Her panel talk will focus on privacy issues relating to identifiable...
View ArticleWPF News: Scoring of America report in NYT, White House report
We are delighted that our 2014 report, The Scoring of America, was discussed in the New York Times over the weekend. The Scoring of America was the first major report to discuss, analyze, and...
View ArticlePublic Comments: February 2008 – WPF, NCLC, and Consumer’s Union file...
Background: The NCLC, Consumer’s Union, and the World Privacy Forum filed extensive joint comments today regarding the proposed rulemaking, Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of...
View ArticleBig Data, Big Myths
WPF Blog Post Forbes has published a thoughtful article about Big Data, reeling the hype attached to the catchy term back to reality. The article, written by Forbes contributors Woodrow Hartzog and...
View ArticleThe Scoring of America: Op Ed for IAPP & FTC Alternate Scoring Conference
The Scoring of America: Op Ed Pam Dixon, Executive Director, World Privacy Forum This op ed was originally published Wednesday, March 19 2014 in IAPP for the FTC Alternate Scoring Conference. WPF...
View ArticleTwo WPF Reports Cited in White House Big Data Report; WPF supportive of...
Two key recent reports published by the World Privacy Forum, The Scoring of America and Data Brokers and the Federal Government, were cited in the White House’s new report on Big Data. Of note, the...
View ArticleFTC’s Data Broker Report Brings New Facts to Light about how Consumer Data is...
May 27, 2014 Forget worrying about loyalty cards or programs: it’s the everyday purchases you make tied to your name with a debit or credit card that can land you on data brokers’ lists. That is one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Privacy Spotlight: FTC Big Data Event
Big Data and its potential for inclusion and exclusion was on center stage this past September as the FTC held a day-long workshop of panelists of experts from industry, technology, privacy, civil...
View ArticleWPF urges National Science Foundation to study Statistical Parity
WPF’s Public comments on National Privacy Research Strategy The World Privacy Forum submitted comments today to the National Science Foundation in response to its request for information about a...
View ArticlePublic comments: WPF urges FTC to focus on providing statistical parity for...
WPF urges FTC to focus on consumers’ ability to control their digital exhaust and statistical parity for big data era At the FTC workshop on Big Data September 15, Big Data: Tool for Inclusion or...
View ArticlePanel talk: Big data, privacy, and vulnerable populations
Pam Dixon will be speaking at the IAPP-FTC Practical Privacy Conference in Washington DC this week. The conference is from Dec. 2-3. Her panel talk will focus on privacy issues relating to identifiable...
View ArticleWPF News: Scoring of America report in NYT, White House report
We are delighted that our 2014 report, The Scoring of America, was discussed in the New York Times over the weekend. The Scoring of America was the first major report to discuss, analyze, and...
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