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News and Update

Privacy in War – Webinar Series
The war that Israel has been in for the past few weeks raises complex and painful issues in various aspects. Even in the field of privacy, we encounter difficult dilemmas following the challenges that the war brought to our doorstep. Israel Tech Policy Institute held a webinar series in an attempt to cover some of the aspects that the privacy community faces. The first session dealt with administrative aspects of the issue, and the second with memory and commemorative Aspects. To read the main points of the summary of the first webinar click here.
Overview of Amendment No. 13 to the Israeli Privacy Law
Amendment No. 13 to the Protection of Privacy Law was approved last month by the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and moves towards second and third readings in the Knesset. Adv. Rivki Dvash, Senior Fellow at FPF-Israel Tech Policy Institute showcases in her recent blog post analysis, the comparison of key aspects of Amendment No. 13 to the Israel Privacy Protection Act with two leading global legislations: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (California). To read the full analysis, click here
Israel’s New AI Policy: A Primer
On December 17, 2023, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology of Israel announced its policy on AI. This overview presents the background of AI regulation in Israel and the principles outlined in the new document. In this summary, we will briefly comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed policy.

COLLABORATIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

Law and Technology Policy Paper Competition

ITPI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice – Office of Legal Counsel and Legislative Affairs, has recently issued a call for policy papers for Law students in Israeli universities and academic colleges.

The selected research question is: Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) be recognized as an inventor or patent holder? 

For the call for papers in (Hebrew) click here.

A seminar, as part of the Law & Technology policy paper competition held on May 9th co hosted by Israel Tech Policy Institute and the Ministry of Justice held on May 9th. For the Hebrew summary of the day click here.

 

ITPI Announces a Series of Webinars on Israel’s Privacy Protection Law

ITPI finalized a successful series of webinars focused on relevant issues arising from Israel’s Government decision to legislate amendments to the Privacy Protection Law.

For the full recordings of the webinars – here. 

For summaries and insights in Hebrew from the webinars on:

Who We Are

The Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI) is a policy think-tank and research institute founded in Tel-Aviv in 2018. Unique in the Israeli tech policy landscape, the ITPI provides a platform for research and policy discourse across a range of stakeholders, including industry, academia, government and civil society.

ITPI aims to support technological innovation while protecting individual rights and public interests and respecting social norms. We seek to create an open channel for policy debates about ethical, regulatory, and societal implications of emerging, cutting-edge technologies, thereby impacting policy-shaping and ethical design and implementation of new technologies.

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