The Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and Privacy
Abstract: The legislative act on The Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking created a framework for the centralization of statistical information collected by dozens of US federal agencies across the country and imposed responsibilities for sharing that data within the government, as well as with researchers and private entities. One of the main outcomes of the act…
On Facial Recognition Technology
Originally published on Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) has become significantly more accurate and more accessible. Both government and commercial entities use it in increasingly innovative approaches. News agencies use it to spot celebrities at big events. Car companies install it…
Privacy Regulations: EU’s GDPR vs China’s PIPL
Many countries have followed the example of the EU and adopted privacy legislation similar to GDPR, which some observers call another “Brussels effect.” In August 2021, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which entered into force November 1, 2021. Essentially, PIPL is quite similar to the GDPR and…