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Technology in education has the potential to revolutionize learning. Yet the adoption of new technology requires consumer trust. This is especially true when considering the privacy of students’ data collected by education technologies. Recently, we have witnessed increased activity around student privacy legislation. Over 170 state student privacy bills have been introduced in 2015, the White House announced its student privacy legislative proposal in January, and Congress is currently considering multiple student privacy bills.

Join the Center for Democracy & Technology, members of Congress, advocates, and industry leaders for a briefing on the paths forward for national student privacy law and policy.

You are invited to join SIIA for lunch and a discussion about the Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (H.R. 1428).  The Act would expand the U.S. Privacy Act to enable foreigners to pursue civil remedies if the person’s country or organization has appropriate privacy protection for sharing information with the United States to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses.

Bill sponsors Reps. Sensenbrener and Conyers will provide introductory remarks, followed by a panel discussion featuring the technology industry and civil society discussing the need for expanded judicial redress.

In light of recent high-profile data breaches and continuing questions about the future direction of surveillance, cybersecurity and protecting data privacy of students, it’s more important than ever for everyone – policy makers, industry, government, teachers, students, families and more – to talk about strategies to make the Internet and Internet users safer.

This briefing is a widely attended educational event as defined under the House and Senate ethics rules.

Join the IAPP and Center for Democracy & Technology for a co-hosted panel discussion and networking reception. Leading women in privacy will discuss this emerging profession where success is based on experience and merit. The results of the IAPP 2015 Privacy Professionals Salary Survey will also be released.

The 2^nd Annual Internet of Things Privacy Summit provides a forum for privacy experts, policy makers and innovators to define the privacy needs of the new interconnected world and scope out the next generation of solutions. The Summit takes place at the Rosewood Hotel, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley on June 17, 2015. For further details, see http://www.truste.com/iot.

The Brennan Center for Justice will hold an event to discuss the use of body cameras for law enforcement officers.  In the midst of a national conversation about police violence and racial profiling, many have pinned their hopes on body cameras. President Obama has called for $75 million in funding, and a growing number of police departments have implemented pilot programs to see if body cameras can increase civility and good behavior on both sides of the badge. But the cameras are still a highly contested technology, with little consensus on their effectiveness, their impact on relations with highly-policed communities, and their contributions to an expanding network of surveillance technologies. Can body cameras help combat police violence without spawning more problems than they solve?

The Hong Kong Accountability Benchmarking Micro-Study shows that organizations in Hong Kong have made significant strides in proactively embracing privacy and data protection as part of their corporate governance responsibilities, shifting from compliance to accountability.

Join Nymity on June 30th for the live presentation and commentary on the results of the Study, a collaboration between the Office of The Privacy Commissioner of Personal Data, Hong Kong and Nymity.