Video of the Week: Data Privacy and Security for AAC

The ability to gather and store data from SGDs and AAC apps raises important issues for AAC stakeholders around issues of privacy, confidentiality, and data security. In today’s video, we turn to a webinar, moderated by ISAAC’s President-Elect Tracy Shepherd, featuring several AAC experts who discuss these issues from the perspectives of user, researcher, clinician, developer, and manufacturer. Panelists include:

• Russell Cross, Speech-Language Therapist (PRC-Saltillo)
• Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D. and Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology (Oregon Health & Science University)
• Dave Hershberger, CEO (PRC-Saltillo )
• Fil McIntyre, Manager and Assistive Technology Lead (TechAbility)
• Dr. David Niemeijer, CEO and Founder (AssistiveWare)
• Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Doctoral Candidate in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (University of Rhode Island)

Many thanks to all the presenters and to ISAAC for hosting this valuable session and making it widely available.

Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6HVP3S0r1A&ab_channel=InternationalSocietyforAugmentativeandAlternativeCommunication%28ISAAC%29