Safeguarding Privacy in a Data-Driven World: A Review of FIPPs and the OECD Guidelines

The Fair Information Processing Principles (FIPPs) are a set of privacy principles that have been adopted by many countries and organizations around the world.

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Origins and Significance of FIPPs and OECD Guidelines

The journey of FIPPs began in the 1960s when the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare developed these principles in response to concerns over the management of vast government databases containing personal information of US citizens. Subsequently, in 1980, the O…