Policy - Data & Privacy
Data & Privacy
ITI works to encourage governments around the world -- including the U.S. Government -- to develop policies that foster innovation and growth, yet at the same time, advance individual expectations of privacy.
ITI's Framework to Advance Interoperable Rules (FAIR) on Privacy offers a roadmap that advances the privacy rights of consumers and defines the responsibilities of companies in using personal data while continuing to enable the innovations that transform lives. The framework includes specific recommendations that give consumers more control and a clearer understanding about how their personal data is used. It also includes measures to promote security and hold companies accountable to ensure companies use personal data responsibly and transparently.
On October 10, 2014, ITI joined twelve industry associations in providing input to NIST on the agency's privacy engineering initiative.
On March 27, 2014, ITI provided comments to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy in connection with the administration's big data review. In our comments, we discuss the capabilities and benefits of large-scale data analytics, and the importance of fully understanding the potential of big data when considering the extent to which existing policy frameworks address big data privacy considerations. In our comments, we include a discussion of privacy risk-mitigation mechanisms that can be utilized in connection with large-scale data analytics. We also stress the importance of cross-border data flows to realize the potential of large-scale data analytics and we urge the administration to continue its efforts to minimize barriers to cross-border data flows.
On February 4, 2014, Dean Garfield testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee regarding FISA reform. Read his testimony here.
On January 16, 2014, ITI and SIIA released a set of global principles intended to apply to government collection of private sector data from commercial entities. The seven Global Principles include a call for greater transparency, appropriate oversight, and enhanced multi-national dialogue among all governments engaged in surveillance activities.
In 2013, ITI submitted three sets of comments to the administration relating to U.S. surveillance activities:
August 20 Comments to the White House
October 3 Comments to the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology
October 24 Submission to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Resources
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2015 ITI Data Breach Notification Principles (April 07, 2016)
2015 ITI Data Breach Notification Principles
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Digital Strategies in Pacific Alliance Countries (July 14, 2021)
A study by ITI and Tanque de Análisis y Creatividad de las TIC (TicTac) on the digital shifts Latin American countries made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ITI Response to Draft News Media Bargaining Code (September 09, 2020)
- Comments on Singapore Personal Data Protection Amendment (June 01, 2020)
- ITI Views on the Future Framework for Digital Services in Europe (April 23, 2020)
Techwonk Blog
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ITI Presents the EU Data Act: Ensuring Fair and Balanced Rules for Data (March 24, 2022)
On March 15, ITI hosted the virtual event “ITI Presents the EU Data Act: Ensuring Fair and Balanced Rules for Data.” Yvo Volman, Director of the Data Directorate in the European Commission’s DG Connect, ...
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An EU-U.S. data transfer solution is within reach and will support economic recovery (May 10, 2021)
As economies around the world are sputtering back to life following an unprecedented global pandemic, the EU and U.S. continue to face a massive disruption to a key business driver – the transfer of data ...
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Personal Data, Global Effects: China’s Draft Privacy Law in the International Context (January 04, 2021)
This article was originally published on New America and was re-published here with permission. In October, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released a long-awaited draft of the Personal Information ...
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An Important Next Step in Brazil's New National Data Privacy Law (October 22, 2020)
In September, Brazil’s new privacy law went into effect. This new law is one of the most thoughtful and balanced approaches to protecting users’ privacy and embracing trust and innovation. This week, ITI ...
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The Schrems II Case and the Future of GDPR and the Global Economy (July 08, 2020)
One of the most anticipated court cases in data protection, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decision on C-311/18: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian ...
News Releases
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ITI Submits Comments to the EU Data Act Proposal (May 13, 2022)
BRUSSELS – Today, global tech trade association ITI submitted comments on the EU Data Act Proposal. In the comments, ITI outlined its support of the goals to facilitate data access and use, promote data ...
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ITI Identifies Cooperation on 6G, Supply Chain Resiliency, as Priority Policy Outcomes for Upcoming U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Meeting (May 02, 2022)
WASHINGTON – Today, the global tech trade association ITI called on U.S. and EU leaders to support research and development for 6G technology and collaborate on building more secure and resilient supply ...
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ITI Statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Declaration on the Future of the Internet (April 28, 2022)
WASHINGTON – Today, global tech trade association ITI issued the following statement from its CEO and President Jason Oxman in reaction to the new Declaration on the Future of the Internet: “ITI supports ...
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ITI Statement on DSA Final Agreement (April 25, 2022)
BRUSSELS – Today, global tech trade association ITI issued the following statement from its Senior Vice President of Policy and Director General for Europe Guido Lobrano in reaction to the final agreement ...
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ITI Welcomes Agreement to Succeed U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, Calls for Negotiators to Finalize Legal Agreement Soon (March 25, 2022)
WASHINGTON — Today, global tech trade association ITI issued the following statement from its President and CEO Jason Oxman in response to the announcement from United States President Joe Biden and European ...