When handling personal data, organizations must utilize both best practices for privacy and cybersecurity to ensure that it is protected, sound, and treated in line with individual and societal expectations.
FPF’s work on privacy and cybersecurity focuses on the overlap between the two areas, including how different global laws and policy regimes tackle that overlap. Through FPF’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Expert Group, FPF facilitates the coordination and collaboration of privacy and cybersecurity experts to promote common goals, strategies, and understanding.
FPF’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee comprises top cyber and privacy executives at industry-leading companies and civil society and academia representatives.
Advisory committee members include:
- Emily Hancock, Cloudflare
- Stephenie Handler, Gibson Dunn (Chair)
- David Hoffman, Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
- Anitha Ibrahim, Amazon Web Services
- Andy Serwin, DLA Piper
- Chad Sniffen, National Network to End Domestic Violence
- Melanie Tiano, T-Mobile
- Heng Xu, American University
A Critical Time for the EU Data Protection Regulation
Editorial By Christopher Wolf A Critical Time for the EU Data Protection Regulation Policymakers around the world are re-examining the legal framework that regulates the collection, use, sharing, and storing of personal information – proposing more robust protections afforded to such information, and increasing the legal obligations of business. The new approaches are in response […]
New Smart Grid Research Shows Last Generation Technologies Pose Privacy Risks
Researchers at the University of South Carolina have published research showing that some types of electrical meters are broadcasting unencrypted information …
From Uruguay, Chris Wolf: Privacy and Technology in Balance
On Tuesday, October 23, FPF’s Chris Wolf was one of the first plenary speakers at the 34th Annual Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Authorities in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Here is the text of his remarks: Privacy and Technology in Balance Thank you for the opportunity to present on behalf of the Future of Privacy […]
What’s Wrong with the Proposed EU Right of Data Portability?
A new report shows that a largely unpublicized section of the EU draft Data Protection Regulation could have far reaching implications for both businesses and consumers. The draft Regulation gives consumers an unprecedented new economic and human right—the right to data portability (“RDP”). The basic idea of the RDP is that individuals would be able […]
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.
Senior Fellow Peter Swire Testifies at Senate Hearing
FPF Senior Fellow Peter Swire testified as part of today’s Senate Hearing on the “State of Federal Privacy and Data Security Law: Lagging Behind the Time.” The Hearing, held by the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management; the Federal Workforce; and the District of Columbia, aimed to address the privacy-related challenges facing federal agencies today. […]
July 23, 2012 – 5% of Free Apps Use Ads That Can Take Over Your Phone and Pilfer Your Contact Info: Study Read, Mobile & Apps
It appears the saying “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, which warns us that things which appear to be free usually come with strings attached, can now be applied to free apps as well; in 5% of those apps at least, and the number is rising according to a recent study by Lookout, […]
July 9, 2012 – Privacy risks rising from ads in apps, New Europe
Several advertising networks have access to millions of smartphones globally, after they have been secretly collecting app users personal details over the past year, U.S.-based mobile security firm LookOut said.
July 9, 2012 – Privacy risk from ads in apps rising, Reuters
Some advertising networks have been secretly collecting app users personal details over the past year and now have access to millions of smartphones globally, U.S.-based mobile security firm Lookout said.
July 9, 2012 – Guerilla Ads On Mobiles Harm Innovation, Security Provider Says, Bloomberg
Innovation in mobile applications may be hampered by clandestine advertising software that harms consumer trust, according to Lookout Inc., which provides security systems for networks and electronic devices.