A Brief Future of Privacy Forum Survey of Mobile Application Best Practices

The Future of Privacy Forum staff put together this survey of app best practices documents to contribute to the upcoming NTIA discussions: A Brief FPF Survey of Mobile Application Best Practices

The August 22, 2012 multistakeholder meeting will be the second in a series of NTIA-convened discussions concerning mobile application transparency.

For more details about the upcoming meeting visit the NTIA website.

NTIA Multistakeholder Meetings

The schedule for the next seven NTIA Multistakeholder Meetings to develop a consumer data privacy code of conduct concerning mobile application transparency was recently posted to the Federal Register (pdf). The meetings will be held in the Auditorium of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. Any updates to the upcoming schedule will posted here on the NTIA site.

Upcoming Meetings Schedule

August 9, 2012 – Peter Swire Discusses the Importance of Cybersecurity Legislation at Homeland Security Hearing, TAP

Professor Peter Swire, Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, testified at last week’s Senate Homeland Security hearing on the state of federal privacy and data security laws.

August 2, 2012 – FTC proposes an update to ancient online law, COPPA, Marketplace Tech

April of 2000. Everybody loved “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Movie fans flocked to “U-571,” which I don’t remember at all. And Sisqo topped the charts.  That month also saw enactment of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA.