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The Top 10: Student Privacy News (October-November 2017)
The Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers. Approximately every month, we post “The Top 10,” a blog with our top student privacy stories.
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Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: What Is the Law?
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released “Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: A Guide for School Administrators & Ed Tech Service Providers,” written by Amelia Vance and Sarah Williamson. This guide helps to answer some of the basic questions that we have heard from key stakeholders about law enforcement access to data over the past nine months.
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Congratulations to Former FPF Advisory Board Member, Jim Byrne, the new General Counsel of the Veterans Administration
Former FPF Advisory Board Member (and former IAPP Chairman of Board) James Byrne was confirmed on Friday by the United States Senate to be General Counsel of the Veterans Administration. Jim has had a great career as a privacy leader at Lockheed Martin, and is a great choice to help address the many challenges facing the VA and our veterans. We have appreciated his advice, support and friendship and look forward to his success. We wish him good luck!
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DPAs/Enforcement
Investigations, sanctions CNIL publicly served a formal notice to WhatsApp, claiming the lack of legal basis for the company transferring data to Facebook after its acquisition. CNIL is the latest DPA that went after connected toys (“My friend Cayla” and “I-que”). It served a “formal notice to cease serious breach of privacy due to lack […]
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ePrivacy Reg
The Council published a full text of the ePrivacy draft Regulation, as it stands right now. Be aware that this is not the final version adopted by the Council, but only the current version being discussed. The Register published an interview with Birgit Sippel, the MEP Rapporteur for the ePrivacy Regulation, where she criticizes the […]
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Article 29 Working Party/European Data Protection Board
Guidance, Opinions The Article 29 Working Party published new guidance on data processing in a work environment: Opinion 2/2017. The Opinion makes a new assessment of the balance between legitimate interests of employers and the reasonable privacy expectations of employees by outlining the risks posed by new technologies. Among other observations, the Group underlines that consent is […]
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WannaCry About Backdoors
There are many lessons to learn from the spread of the WannaCry ransomware attacks across the globe. One lesson that needs more attention is the danger that exists when a government attempts to create mandatory backdoors into computer software and systems.
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Privacy Scholarship Research Reporter: Issue 1, May 2017 – Algorithms: Privacy Risk and Accountability
Notes from FPF Through academic, policy, and industry circles, making progress on the cluster of issues related to algorithmic accountability has become a leading priority. The inaugural issue of the Future of Privacy Forum’s Privacy Scholarship Reporter provides a clear and compelling look into some of the most worrisome problems and promising solutions. Although not […]
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Privacy Scholarship Reporter – Issue 1
Algorithms: Privacy Risk and Accountability by FPF Staff Through academic, policy, and industry circles, making progress on the cluster of issues related to algorithmic accountability has become a leading priority. The inaugural issue of the Future of Privacy Forum’s Privacy Scholarship Reporter provides a clear and compelling look into some of the most worrisome problems […]
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Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum is releasing a new tool for municipal and technology leaders: a visual guide “Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy.” This tool will help citizens, companies, and communities understand the technologies at the heart of smart city and smart community projects – and their potential impact on privacy.