Mobility-related technologies are evolving rapidly, transforming the safety and convenience of transportation. Many of these new features are enabled by the collection of new types of data, putting the topic of privacy in connected cars and other modes of transportation on the agenda of industry, policymakers, and regulators. Advancing sensible practices will be essential to ensure that the collection and use of this data is responsible, thoughtful, and communicated effectively to consumers.
Gibberbot Wins Inaugural Develop for Privacy Challenge
The Develop for Privacy Challenge, organized by the ACLUs of Northern California and Washington, the Tor Project, and the Information & Privacy Commissioner’s Office of Ontario, was launched to highlight some of the best privacy-enhancing mobile apps out there — apps that improve, rather than erode, our ability to protect and control our own private […]
FPF Issues Statement on FCC & FTC Location Based Services Forum:
Leaders of the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a privacy think tank whose Advisory Board includes privacy scholars, privacy advocates and corporate privacy officers, made the following statements in relation to today’s FCC & FTC Forum on Location Based Services: “Today’s Location Based Services Forum is a positive and important educational opportunity to highlight best […]
Senator Leahy (D-VT) Makes Keynote Address at CFP on Thursday (June 16, 2011)
Today Senator Leahy (D-VT) made a brief keynote address at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference at the Georgetown Law Center (CFP). Senator Leahy urged that we must “modernize” the legal framework to stay apace with the technology of today’s age. He discussed the numerous recent data breaches, and quoted statistics indicating the hundreds of […]
Statement from CDT and FPF on the Development of App Privacy Guidelines
Statement from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and Future of Privacy Forum (FPF)on the Development of App Privacy Guidelines WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released the following statement in response to this morning’s Senate hearing on “Consumer Privacy and Protection […]
FPF Finds Nearly Three-Quarters of Most Downloaded Mobile Apps Lack A Privacy Policy
Earlier this week in the US Senate, the Privacy, Technology and Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mobile privacy issues. One focus of the hearing was the privacy of personal information collected and used by Apps on mobile devices, and one line of questioning concerned the absence of privacy policies for Apps […]
Feb. 9, 2011 – Most Google, Facebook users fret over privacy, USA Today
Some companies are doing what they can. “I’m heartened by the attention to mobile privacy issues,” says privacy attorney Chris Wolf of Hogan Lovells. New services revolve around “ways to empower people to protect their information.”
Sept. 27, 2010 – Facebook ‘Places’ app now in Canada, Fort Frances Times
TORONTO—A new Facebook application for smartphone users has made it easier for Canadians to co-ordinate coffee breaks at their local Tim Hortons and broadcast their most recent visits to their favourite local haunts. As of Friday, Canadians can take advantage of Places, an application the social networking site released in the United States last month.
Tying IP Addresses to Offline Data
This morning Media Post’s Wendy Davis reported on ClearSight Interactive’s new behavioral targeting platform, which allows marketers to target Web users based on the profiles associated with their specific neighborhoods.