Harvard Professor and EPIC Advisor Christine Borgman gave a lecture on “Open Data, Grey Data, and Stewardship”at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. …
Month: October 2018
Colin Bennett Organizing Conference on Data-Driven Elections
Colin Bennett, Political Science Professor at the University of Victoria and EPIC Advisor, is organizing a conference with Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of…
Jack Balkin on Social Media’s Growing Responsibility
Jack Balkin, Professor at Yale and EPIC Advisor, recently published Fixing Social Media’s Grand Bargain. The paper centers on the growing impact social media has on…
Bruce Schneier On Cellphone Security
EPIC Advisor Bruce Schneier tells us in a piece published in the Atlantic that our private phone conversations might not be so private. After reports that President…
EPIC Invites Experts to Sign UGAI
Since the public release of Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (UGAI) in Brussels, October 23, 2018, over 200 individuals and 50 organizations showed support by…
ICDPPC 2018 Conference Highlights
The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) connects 119 privacy and data protection authorities from across the globe. The ICDPPC first met in 1970 and has since…
Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Announced in Brussels
The Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence, the first human rights framework for AI, were announced today at the data protection commissioners conference in Brussels. Among…
Twenty Years of the Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA)
EPIC President Marc Rotenberg spoke during a luncheon hosted by Senator Ed Markey celebrating 20 years of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) today.…
Ross Anderson Talks Privacy for Endangered Species
When we think of “privacy rights” rarely do we consider endangered animals. In a recent lecture given by EPIC Advisor Ross Anderson, he discusses methods…
Cynthia Dwork on AI Guidelines
EPIC President Marc Rotenberg requested input from several groups – including the EPIC Advisory Board – for a one-page document outlining principles for the ethical…