On September 4, 2018, the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a collaborative project to develop a voluntary privacy framework to help organizations manage privacy risk.
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NIST Releases Privacy Engineering and Risk Management Guidance for Federal Agencies
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On January 4, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced the final release of NISTIR 8062, An Introduction to Privacy Engineering and Risk Management in Federal Systems. NISTIR 8062 describes the concept of applying systems engineering practices to privacy and sets forth a model for conducting privacy risk assessments on federal systems. …
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Upcoming NIST Workshop to Focus on Draft Privacy Engineering Concepts
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On September 15-16, 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology will sponsor a workshop to further its privacy engineering initiative. The workshop will focus on developing draft privacy engineering definitions and concepts that will be explored in a forthcoming NIST report. …
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Fred Cate of the Centre Submits Comments to NIST on Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework
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On December 12, 2013, Fred H. Cate, Senior Policy Advisor in the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton and Williams LLP submitted its comments in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework. …
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GAO Report Highlights Gaps in U.S. Privacy Laws
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On November 15, 2013, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report finding that the current federal statutory privacy scheme contains “gaps” and “does not fully reflect” the Fair Information Practice Principles.
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Centre Releases Paper on Big Data and Analytics
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On February 28, 2013, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP announced the release of a paper intended to help organizations and policymakers develop a governance framework for the use of analytics that would both protect privacy and promote innovative uses of big data.
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Centre Releases Accountability Self-Assessment Tool to Help Organizations Evaluate Their Privacy Programs
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On December 12, 2012, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership released an accountability self-assessment tool designed to help organizations evaluate their internal privacy programs and practices. The tool is the product of the Global Accountability Project for which the Centre serves as Secretariat.
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Philippines President Aquino Signs Data Protection Legislation
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On August 15, 2012, Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
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Far-Reaching Implications of Recent FCRA Enforcement Actions
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On August 8, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission settled with HireRight Solutions, Inc. for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This blog post details the broader geopolitical implications of the case with respect to interoperability.
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White House Announces Its Highly Anticipated Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
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The White House today released its long-awaited report outlining U.S. data protection and privacy policy, “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Global Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.” The report articulates a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights based on the individual’s right to exercise control over what personal data companies collect from the individual and how companies use the data.
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