Press Releases and Media Alerts

August 29, 2007 (Chapel Hill, NC)

PERC Report Finds Evidence of Recovery Within Small Business Community -- Notes Unevenness Across Groups

June 7, 2007 (Chapel Hill, NC)

PERC Policy Brief Emphasizes States Should Not Restrict Energy Utility and Telecoms Data

May 29, 2007 (Chapel Hill, NC)

PERC Study Identifies Credit Reporting as Key to Economic Growth in Latin America

April 10, 2007 (Chapel Hill, NC)

Information Policy Institute Finds Restrictions on Provider-Identifiable Healthcare Data Are Anti-Competitive and Will Not Lower Drug Prices

June 16, 2006 (Chapel Hill, NC)

Information Policy Institute White Paper Examines Data Breach Notification Legislation

August 31, 2005 (New York)

Information Policy Institute encourages Congress to enact a rational and uniform national law on consumer credit file freezing

July 20, 2005 (Washington, D.C.)

Information Policy Institute study examines alternatives for underserved consumers to receive better access to mainstream credit system

February 23, 2005 (New York)

Information Policy Institute President to Serve on DHS Privacy Advisory Committee

March 8, 2004 (New York)

Information Policy Institute Finds Frivolous Class Action Suits Threaten Innovation

October 20, 2003 (New York)

The Institute Provides Analysis of Several Leading Privacy Surveys

September 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.)

The Institute Addresses Congressional Economic Leadership Institute On Capitol Hill

June 17, 2003 (Washington, D.C.)

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Report Released by the Information Policy Institute

March 11, 2003 (New York)

Conference will Focus on Media Concentration and Local Markets

January 3, 2003 (New York)

Institute Cautions FCC on Consolidation: Rules Change May Harm Consumers, Competition, and Could Create "Information Divide

June 4, 2002 (Washington, D.C.)

Teleservices Report Released by the Information Policy Institute. Institute Sees No Clear Mandate for National “Do Not Call” List as the FTC Prepares to Create One

May 15, 2002 (New York)

The Information Policy Institute Calls Privacy Template for “Opt-in” Bill an Inadequate and Inappropriate Resource for Privacy Legislation

April 19, 2002 (New York)

Online Privacy Protection Bill is ‘Step in the Right Direction,’ but Won’t Make Internet Safer

You Score, You Win: The Consequences of Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

Using non-traditional data for underwriting loans to thin-file borrowers: Evidence, tips and precautions

Economic Impacts of Payment Reporting Participation in Latin America

White Paper

White Paper (Spanish)

The Impact of Provider- Identifiable Data on Healthcare Quality and Cost

Executive Summary

On the Impact of Credit Payment Reporting on the Financial Sector and Overall Economic Performance in Japan

(Japanese Summary )


Give Credit Where Credit is Due: Increasing Access to Affordable Mainstream Credit Using Alternative Data

Towards a Rational Data Breach Notification Regime.


Giving Underserved Consumers Better Access to the Credit System


Information Systems, Computer Crimes, and Criminal Justice."

Edward Roche, Institute Director of Scientific Intelligence Releases Second Edition of Cybercrime Book

Recent Center on the Global Information Economy Publications

"Privacy Rights and Policy Wrongs: How Data Restrictions can Impair Information-Led Development in Emerging Markets."