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The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) brings together privacy and anonymity experts from around the world to discuss recent advances and new perspectives. PETS addresses the design and realization of privacy services for the…

It’s an exciting time to talk to the FCC. Innovation and regulators are running into each other everywhere: Net Neutrality, mobile payments, and massive changes in the telecom industry. Join us as DC comes to…

De-identification is a critical element in many privacy programs, and is an important part in every privacy practitioner’s toolbox. However, the complex technical, legal, and policy landscape around de-identification can be difficult to navigate. Policy…

Top government officials, including the head of the National Security Agency, have called for policy and technology experts to start a conversation on the viability of different proposals to allow government access to otherwise private…

For July’s Privacy Lab, guest speaker Gautam Hans from CDT will be joined by one or more technologists from EFF to talk about the current federal proposals for backdoors and how and why the crypto…

On Tuesday, July 21st, please join Google DC and Coin Center for a conversation about one of the most talked about technological innovations in recent years. New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper’s new book Digital…

On Thursday, July 23, The European Institute will hold a special discussion with The Honorable Claude Moraes, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and The Honorable Jim…

In this era of ubiquitous smart phones and billions of internet-enabled devices, the reality of data privacy and security is too often over-simplified — more data equals less privacy, which demands more regulation. This narrow…

Governments are finding it harder and harder to keep secrets. In a new paper, New America Cybersecurity Fellow and ex-OMB privacy chief, Peter Swire argues that the “half-life of secrets” is declining and that government…

Do warrants allow law enforcement to reach into data centers across borders? Can 19th-century international legal processes keep up with 21st-century speed and innovation? Join the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee for a briefing on the…