Recent Publications

Information Accountability Foundation Assessments for an AI World - Legitimate Interest Assessment (with Peter Cullen and Steve Wood) November 2024

Information Accountability Foundation Assessments in an AI World - Risk/Data Protection Assessment as Required by U.S. State Privacy Laws (with Peter Cullen) August 2024

Information Accountability Foundation Colorado Data Protection Assessment (with Peter Cullen) July 2023

Information Accountability Foundation Invitation for Preliminary Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and Automated Decisionmaking for California Privacy Protection Agency (with Martin Abrams and Barbara Lawler) March 2023

Information Accountability Foundation Making Data Driven Innovation Work (with Peter Cullen) February 2023

Information Accountability Foundation Update to Paper Addressing Human Resource Data Flows in Light of European Data Protection Board Recommendations (with Martin Abrams) August 2021

Information Accountability Foundation Addressing Human Resource Data Flows in Light of European Data Protection Board Recommendations (with Martin Abrams and Nancy Lowrance) March 2021

Information Accountability Foundation Comments Pursuant to ICO Consultation on International Transfers 2021

ICO Direct Marketing Code of Practice Comments (with Martin Abrams and Peter Cullen) 2020

Privacy Commissioner of Bermuda Accountability Report 2020

HR Transfer to the US Post EDPB Schrems II Final Guidance (with Martin Abrams) 2021

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Enhanced Data Stewardship, IEEE Security and Privacy (with Peter Cullen, John Abrams, and Martin Abrams) 2019

Applying Ethics When Using Data Beyond Individuals’ Understanding, The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy, 2018 (with Martin Abrams)

Big Data Assessment Framework and Worksheet. Information Accountability Foundation, June 2015 (with Martin Abrams)

Use of Jury Consultants, 4 Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, 2000 (with Christine A. Edwards, Steven P.Handler, David F. Wentzel)

BLOGS

Multistakeholder Sessions Set the Tone for the New Wave of Demonstrable Assessments July 29, 2024

A Recent EDPB decision on criteria for a GDPR Man Establishment in the EU puts the use and benefits of BCRs potentially at risk March 21, 2024

CJEU Case in SCHUFA has far reaching implications beyond credit scoring (with Martin Abrams). December 20, 2023

Select speaking engagements

Global Privacy Overview, Practicing Law Institute, December 19, 2024 (with Peter F. McLaughlin)

Data Principles: Creating an Ethical Code for Your Organization’s Data Usage, The Summit for Asset Management, November 15, 2018

Demonstrating Responsible Use Through Legitimate Interests, IAPP Global Privacy Summit, March 28, 2018 (with Hilary Wandall and Martin Abrams)

Accountability and Beyond, IAPP Global Privacy Summit, March 26, 2018 (with Sheila Colclasure, Peter Cullen and Barbara Lawler) 

Applying Ethical Frameworks to Innovative Processing, IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium, May 18, 2017 (with Pam Snively, Jill Clayton, Adam Kardash)

Assuring Innovation with Regulatory Acceptance by Vetting Data Uses, IAPP Global Privacy Summit, April 18, 2017 (with Martin Abrams, Sheila Colclasure, Adam Kardash)    

Defending Our Data:  Privacy, Security and the Wave of Data Breaches, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, April 7, 2017

Briefing On Assessment Processes to Achieve Assurance That Data Use is Legitimate and Not Unfair, Future Privacy Forum, May 2016

The Big Data Debate, Privacy and Access 20/20 Conference: The Future of Privacy, November 2015

Privacy and Big Data Protection Issues to Consider Before Starting Big Data Projects, Big Data Summit, May 2015

Unified Ethical Frame for Big Data, Chief Data Officer Summit, April 28-29, 2015

Bringing Big Data to Bear on Societal Issues, Oracle Data Warehouse and Big Data Global Leaders Program, June 2014

Big Data Governance, Building Resilient Cities: How Cities Can Harness the Power of Urban Informatics Workshop, Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience at Virginia Tech, May 2014

Bringing Big Data to Bear on Social Issues, Proskauer on Privacy: Annual Conference on Global Privacy and Data Security, May 2014

Big Data Governance, Big Data Innovation Summit, April 2014

Privacy and Security Around the World: Asia Pacific and APEC, PLI 12th Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law, July 2011