The Society for Privacy and Confidentiality Research was formed in January 2024 as a nonprofit corporation with the primary focus of placing the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality on a sustainable path with respect to people and finances.
“Since it was founded in 2008 by the late Steve Fienberg, Cynthia Dwork, and Alan Karr,” said society President John Abowd, “JPC has become part of the research infrastructure in privacy and confidentiality, especially by integrating the work of statisticians, computer scientists, and domain scientists. We want to be sure that it outlives those who have gotten it to where it is now.”
The journal’s three lead editors have been Fienberg, Abowd, and Dwork. Lars Vilhuber of Cornell and Rachel Cummings of Columbia currently serve as managing editors.
“Historically, JPC has been fortunate to receive informal but essential support from editors and others. That is not a responsible model for the future,” said Vilhuber.
Over time, the scope of the society’s activities may expand to include webinars and conference sessions. In addition, as Secretary/Treasurer Karr notes, “We want to be outward-facing and to partner with other organizations that have similar interests, especially the newly formed ASA Privacy and Confidentiality Interest Group.”
The board of directors includes Abowd (Cornell), Karr (Temple), Dwork (Harvard), Jerome Reiter (Duke), and Aleksandra Slavkovic (Penn State).
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