Encryption is one of the most effective defenses protecting our digital lives. Yet governments around the world, including the United Kingdom and United States, continue to demand back door access to encrypted tools in the name of public safety, despite mounting evidence that these very back doors could be accessed by bad actors as well. […]
The Innovators Network hosted a webinar, Age Verification and the Future of Online Safety, featuring an expert panel including: Eric Goldman, Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute; Shoshana Weissmann, Director of Digital Media and Resident Fellow of Technology and Innovation at the R Street Institute; […]
Shortly after the 2024 election, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, called to eliminate the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA), the country’s primary federal cybersecurity agency, over concerns about online censorship. However, CISA has several critical cybersecurity functions that are unrelated to the […]
On July 18, Business at OECD (BIAC), https://www.businessatoecd.org/, the officially recognized institutional business stakeholder at the OECD that represents over 10 million companies of all sizes and across sectors, and the US Council for International Business Foundation (USCIB Foundation) https://uscib.org, released Privacy, Immersive Technologies and the Metaverse. The document explores the promise of the metaverse and […]
In 2023, Innovators Network Innovation fellows published some groundbreaking work on a wide range of issues within the privacy world. Even as Congress continued to struggle to advance comprehensive privacy legislation, the fellows worked hard to bring their expertise to bear on some of the central privacy law and policy issues before state, federal, and […]
Privacy fellow, Paula Bruening, explores how these stringent compliance requirements may pose challenges for small companies, including with respect to their privacy and data minimization obligations. Since President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address, where he emphasized the importance of children’s privacy, significant strides have been made to address the issue. Congressional action […]
Privacy fellow, Lourdes Turrecha, explores the key to safeguarding privacy in this new world is not more regulation, but potential growing privacy tech. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has unquestionably revolutionized our lives, but as it continues to infiltrate various facets of our existence, its privacy implications have come under intense scrutiny. The remarkable advantages that AI […]
