CaitrionaFitz – The Privacy Coalition

#EnforceTheOrder

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 — CaitrionaFitz

EPIC has launched the #EnforceTheOrder, @FTC campaign to urge the FTC to enforce the agency’s consent order with Facebook. March 26 marks one year since the FTC reopened its investigation into Facebook.

This is how you can help:

Tweet about why FTC enforcement matters to you and include: #EnforceTheOrder @FTC @facebook

Tweet #EnforceTheOrder at the FTC Commissioners: @JoeSimonsFTC, @FTCPhillips, @chopraftc, @RKSlaughterFTC, Christine Wilson

Need some help with language? Feel free to use the Tweets below:

Enforcing the 2011 consent order matters to me and the 87 million other @facebook users whose information was compromised after Cambridge Analytica.

Campaigns

Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 — CaitrionaFitz

New developments in Artificial Intelligence are transforming the world, from science and industry to government administration and finance. The Universal Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence, which will be released at the international conference of The Public Voice and ICDPPC in Brussels on October 23, aim to inform and improve the design and use of AI. The Guidelines are intended to maximize the benefits of AI, to minimize the risk, and to ensure the protection of human rights. Learn more and endorse the UGAI at thepublicvoice.org.

Events

September 2018 Meeting with Max Schrems

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 — CaitrionaFitz

The Privacy Coalition will meet with Max Schrems on September 14, 2018. Max is a lawyer, author, privacy activist and Chairman of nyob. He has brought a number of successful legal cases in the area of privacy and data protection, including Max Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, which led the Court of Justice of the European Union to invalidate the Safe Harbor arrangement, and Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook & Max Schrems, which considers whether Facebook’s transfers of data from Ireland to the United States violate the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and is pending before the high court of Europe.

Events

April 2017 Meeting with EU Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli

April 7, 2017April 14, 2017 — CaitrionaFitz

The Privacy Coalition’s next meeting will be Friday, April 21st with European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli. This will be a tremendous opportunity to discuss the Privacy Shield, the Section 702 debate in the US, and many more topics.

Hearings

Congressional Hearings, Week of April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017 — CaitrionaFitz

There are several Congressional hearings this week of interest to privacy advocates:

Monday, April 3
Senate Judiciary Committee: Executive Business Meeting to Consider Nomination of Judge Gorsuch

Tuesday, April 4
House Judiciary Committee: Oversight of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships

Wednesday, April 5
Senate Homeland Security &

Hearings

Congressional Hearings, Week of March 27, 2017

March 27, 2017March 28, 2017 — CaitrionaFitz

There are several Congressional hearings this week of interest to privacy advocates:

Tuesday, March 28
House Energy and Commerce: Self-Driving Cars: Levels of Automation
House Judiciary: To examine the state of forensic science in the United States

Wednesday, March 29
Senate Appropriations: Civil Society Perspectives on Russia

Thursday, March 30
Senate Intelligence: Disinformation: A Primer in Russian Active Measures and Influence Campaigns