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In 2009, Congress passed the HITECH Act to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT). In particular, Congress intended for this legislation to create the conditions so that every American would soon have access to a private, secure, and portable electronic health record. While the United States has made substantial progress in meaningful use of health IT, most patients are still unable to easily transfer their complete medical record to a new provider, share their records securely with other family members or care givers, or donate their medical data for research. These problems lower the quality of care patients receive, reduce competition among providers, raise costs for health care payers, and stand in the way of advancements in data-driven medicine.

As part of National Health IT Week, please join ITIF and a panel of experts for a discussion about the future of medical data sharing and the steps Congress and the next administration can take to reduce health information blocking, give consumers access to their medical data, and fully realize the benefits of the health information revolution.

Additonal panelists to be announced.

Abuse exists in many forms on the Internet. While many malicious online activities are considered crimes, the distribution of sexually explicit images without the subjects’ consent—commonly referred to as “revenge porn”—continues to exist in a legal gray area throughout much of the United States. Revenge porn can have dramatic consequences for victims, damaging their reputations and job prospects, subjecting them to threats, and intimidating them into silence. Because there is no universal legal recourse, victims are often unable to stop the spread of images or take action against the perpetrator.

Join ITIF and an expert panel for a discussion about how policymakers can criminalize revenge porn, while protecting important speech on the Internet. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who introduced the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, will deliver opening remarks.

The event is free and open to the public. The event will be live-streamed and a recording will be available following the event. Follow @ITIFdcduring the event, and join the conversation using #ITIFprivacy.

The European Privacy Association (EPA) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) webinars will be held throughout the year and are aimed at all professionals interested in the regulation of data protection. Each webinar will be chaired by Dr. Paolo Balboni, President and Noriswadi Ismail, Scientific Director and members of our Scientific Committee and will last for 60 minutes, ending with a Q&A session.The webinars will focus on compliance, governance, business controls and operational aspects in relation to the forthcoming GDPR relevant for all companies doing business in Europe. The GDPR debate and discussion have dominated the European marketplace for the past 4 years. Organisations and stakeholders have 2 years to operationalise their GDPR readiness programme to avoid non-compliance enforcement actions from national Data Protection Authorities.NB: If you weren’t able to sign up before the first webinar it is still possible to sign up for the series. In compensation you will receive a detailed summary of the April 20th presentation.

The price of attendance for the remaining webinars is €670.00 (excluding VAT)
Fellows receive a special discount of 50% for a total of €350.00 (excluding VAT) for all remaining webinars

To become Fellow of EPA it is necessary to send your CV to info [@]europeanprivacyassociation. eu and subject to a positive EPA Board evaluation of your profile, you will need to contribute to EPA.  Fellow annual supportership is €100.00 (excluding VAT).
If you would like to know more about the benefits of becoming a Fellow please contact us.

– All webinars will be recorded in case you cannot attend and have paid for the package –

Feel free to contact us for further information.

Please RSVP to webinar [@] europeanprivacyassociation.eu

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently considering a set of privacy regulations specific to broadband providers, which could result in a departure from the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) flexible privacy framework. A recent Ninth Circuit Court decision has thrown a wrinkle into the jurisdictional boundary between the FCC and FTC, significantly heightening the need for the FCC to harmonize its approach with the FTC. What’s more, the FCC’s privacy proposal has emboldened advocates to seek a ban on Internet service providers offering discounts in exchange for permission to use consumer data commercially. Join ITIF to discuss these latest turns in the FCC privacy debate and where policymakers should go from here.

This year’s summit will take place on October 6-7 in Washington, D.C. It will once again bring together the key policy makers and leading IoT industry stakeholders to discuss the opportunities and benefits the IoT brings. It will also examine the pressing issues affecting the IoT ecosystem in the United States and globally.

There will be a number of plenary sessions that include room-wide discussions, as well as a series of exciting innovations on show from the local community and beyond. It is an opportunity for all stakeholders to join a meaningful discussion and be part of an event that helps to shape future decisions made in the IoT space.

Though law enforcement often does its best to handle sexual assault cases responsibly and fight for justice for survivors, police departments routinely destroy or lose rape kits before the statute of limitations expires, are unable to provide survivors with basic information about their cases, and allow biases and myths about sexual assault to negatively influence their investigations. Police could easily remedy these and other problems by improving how they collect, manage, and use data, but technical, policy, and cultural obstacles prevent them from better utilizing data at every stage of their processes. Now that the Obama administration’s Police Data Initiative is increasing attention to the value of data for improving policing practices and promoting accountability and transparency around issues such as police use of force and discrimination, the stage is set to leverage data to ensure the criminal justice system better serves sexual assault survivors.

Join ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation and Rise, a civil rights nonprofit leading federal and state state efforts to implement legislation to protect the rights of sexual assault survivors, for a panel discussion on how policymakers and law enforcement can develop data-driven policies and practices to help in the fight against sexual assault and improve the lives of survivors.

Since the Snowden leaks in 2013, the Obama administration has learned a number of lessons about balancing national security concerns with digital privacy and trade. Digital surveillance can have far-reaching consequences for U.S. technology companies selling digital good and services abroad, and the president has established a new standard for protecting the data of non-U.S. citizens. Will this hard-earned wisdom in the digital arena carry over to the next administration?

On October 7, Governance Studies at Brookings will host a panel moderated by Center for Technology and Innovation Visiting Fellow Cameron Kerry to discuss what lessons the next president should draw from the past three years. Which policymakers and agencies should advise the next president on digital issues? How should the executive branch respond to these issues and effectively integrate national security, economic growth and competitiveness, human rights, and other concerns in this area?

After the session, panelists will take audience questions.

Last March, National Privacy Commission was officially formed to implement and enforce Data Privacy Act of 2012, came into effect this September.

In connection with this, Mozilla Philippines Community, the non-profit organization behind Firefox, committed to protect the privacy of its users, will be launching a new initiative and organized a series of talk for the whole month of October to help promote awareness of Internet rights, laws and policies in the Philippines, and to increase the privacy literacy of Internet users.