I'm here in the Weston library at the iapp
And I'm delighted to be talking to you about something important and new that we have just launched at the iapp
this library was donated to us by Allen Westen Allen is one of the forefathers of our field and
When he passed away a few years ago. He donated his professional library to us now all of you should know Allen's name in
1967 he wrote this book
Privacy and freedom and in 1967 privacy and freedom was really one of the first times that an academic a legal scholar
Had articulated the idea that there was a privacy interest held within our data
Well in the 50 years since privacy and freedom was written by Alan Weston a lot has changed
And we've seen some tremendous growth in the privacy field
Significantly we now have hundreds if not thousands of lawyers working in this field across the United States in
recognition of that growth and also in recognition of the need for
advanced and more evolved solutions for those professionals
the iapp worked through the ABA accreditation process
And we are really delighted to announce that we have now achieved accreditation of a privacy law
specialization for lawyers and most states in the United States you'll find a lot more information about that program here on our website
And I encourage you to help us continue to move the privacy bar forward by exploring this new
specialization and
Following in Alan Weston's footsteps and helping us to build the privacy bar in the US