The Billion Dollar Privacy Question…
This is the Billion Dollar privacy question: Good or Evil: Have We Shared Too Much w/ Facebook, Google & Apple? http://ityb.it/2p8Hr(Linked expired) great infographic show why the answer is .. YES
This is the Billion Dollar privacy question: Good or Evil: Have We Shared Too Much w/ Facebook, Google & Apple? http://ityb.it/2p8Hr(Linked expired) great infographic show why the answer is .. YES
The U.S. Department of Energy released two reports on important policy issues raised by Smart Grid technologies that can promote innovation, cut costs for consumers and modernize the electrical grid.
Check out the press release here.
Check out the reports here.
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released a journal of Privacy Papers for Policy Makers, which highlights six leading privacy writings that were voted by the FPF Advisory Board to be most useful for policy makers on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies who are focusing on how to improve the protection of personal privacy. The writings cover a wide array of topics, including recommendations for regulatory reform, how privacy protection must adapt to user perceptions and how to design privacy policies for the Web.
To view the journal, click here: Privacy Paper for Policy Makers
On October 4, The Last Watchdog featured Chris’ guest blogger piece, A call for shared responsibility for preserving individual privacy, where he comments on the data theft and spam increase, and examines the question of who should be responsible for preserving an individual’s privacy.
As usual, some of the most thoughtful and practical advice about EU data compliance around behavioral ads comes from the staff of the data commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany who run the EuroPrise privacy seal. “Opt-in” achieved via icons plus access to see and edit profiles, plus additional reminders.
Read about it here: Cookie Opt-In
Facebook announced a number of new features today, but the one we think is the most important for privacy is a new “dashboard for apps” that helps manage the data applications may be accessing. Users will be able to see what types of data were last accessed by each app and can deny access to non-essential data. With these new controls, apps that grab more than they need leave an “audit trail” that may encourage users to cut them off. Excellent step forward – and something other platforms should take a good look at!
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.
FPF co-chair Chris Wolf reports on the preview provided by the FTC’s Maneesha Mithal on the forthcoming FTC Privacy Report here.
To view “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” Journal, click here.
Future of Privacy Forum Releases New Journal:
“Privacy Papers for Policy Makers”
Journal Highlights Leading Privacy Writings for Hill and Agencies
To Consider When Addressing Privacy Concerns
WASHINGTON – Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released a new journal entitled Privacy Papers for Policy Makers, which highlights six leading privacy writings that were voted by the FPF Advisory Board to be most useful for policy makers on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies who are focusing on how to improve the protection of personal privacy . The writings cover a wide array of topics, including recommendations for regulatory reform, how privacy protection must adapt to user perceptions and how to design privacy policies for the Web:
The Journal was released at an event held at the George Washington University Law School, which as part of its partnership with FPF, hosts a series of events examining privacy issues. The six papers featured in the journal were selected among more than sixty entries, and were chosen by members of FPF’s Advisory Board, which is comprised of leading figures from industry, academia, law and advocacy groups. The journal was sponsored with support from AT&T, LexisNexis, Microsoft and Procter & Gamble.
Christopher Wolf, FPF’s Founder and Co-Chair commented on the significance of the Privacy Papers for Policy Makers publication, “Improving privacy protection is vitally important in this technology age so we are delighted to help build a bridge of communication between privacy scholars and privacy policy makers. We hope the Journal will lead to greater communication and collaboration.”
Privacy issues have dominated the headlines in recent months with concerns about Google’s Streetview technology, privacy changes from Facebook, and the announcement of pending privacy legislation from both sides of Capitol Hill.
FPF’s director and co-chair Jules Polonetsky emphasized the need to educate more policy makers about the diverse issues surrounding privacy issues and explore the myriad of thoughts that academics, industry leaders, and privacy advocates have on the issue.
“There’s no silver bullet to resolving all of the privacy concerns the public has in this new technological age,” Polonetsky said. “These writings offer some of the most compelling and innovative viewpoints that we hope policymakers consider as they look to address privacy issues.”
A full list of the writings and authors featured in the Privacy Papers for Policy Makers journal are listed below. To see the full text of the journal and the executive summaries of the writings, click here.
Privacy on the Books and on the Ground
Kenneth A. Bamberger and Deirdre K. Mulligan
What is Privacy Worth?
Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John and George Loewenstein
Misplaced Confidences: Privacy and the Control Paradox
Laura Brandimarte, Alessandro Acquisti and George Loewenstein
Standardizing Privacy Notices: An Online Study of the Nutrition Label Approach
Patrick Gage Kelley, Lucian Cesca, Joanna Bresee and Lorrie Faith Cranor
How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?
Chris Hoofnagle, Jennifer King, Su Li and Joseph Turow
Privacy and Regulatory Innovation: Moving Beyond Voluntary Codes
Ira Rubinstein
This collection of papers is a not a formal publication; the respective authors maintain the copyright on their manuscripts.
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a Washington, DC based think tank that seeks to advance responsible data practices. The forum is led by Internet privacy experts Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf and includes an advisory board comprised of leading figures from industry, academia, law and advocacy groups. FPF was launched in November 2008.