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The Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship
FPF launched a new fellowship in memory of Elise Berkower. Elise was a senior privacy executive at global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen for nearly a decade and was a valued, longtime member of the FPF Advisory Board. FPF graciously acknowledges the Berkower Family and the Nielsen Foundation as founding sponsors of the Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship.
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Privacy Papers 2017: Spotlight on the Winning Authors
Today, FPF announced the winners of the 8th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award. This Award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the United States Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and for data protection authorities abroad.
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Location Controls in iOS 11 Highlight the Role of Platforms
From Pokémon Go, to the geo-targeting of abortion clinics, to state legislative efforts, the last year has seen significant attention paid to the many ways our apps use and often share location data. In the midst of this heightened awareness of geo-location privacy, iPhone users and app developers may notice a difference this Fall, when Apple will be releasing updates to iOS 11 that will increase users’ control over how their geo-location may be collected and used. The changes highlight the ongoing importance—and legal implications—of platform settings for consumer privacy.
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Member Levels and Benefits
FPF educates and consults with corporate leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders on data use that is ethical and responsible. By advising on complex tech and legal issues, and ensuring stakeholders understand the potential trade-offs, FPF’s work has a real-world impact benefiting communities and societies globally. FPF ensures a wide range of views and voices by […]
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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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Case-law (CJEU, ECHR, national courts)
CJEU The CJEU decided in Case C-434/16 Nowak that the written answers to a test, as well as the examiner’s comments on those answers, are personal data of the person who takes the test. However, the questions of the test are not personal data (this may result in a situation where a person receives a […]
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The Brussels Privacy Symposium: Abstracts
ABSTRACTS Selected authors from multiple disciplines including law, computer science, statistics, engineering, social science, ethics and business will present papers at this full-day program in Brussels on November 6, 2017. See the titles and authors of the selected abstracts below. Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Enhanced Data Stewardship Martin Abrams, Peter […]
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The Brussels Privacy Symposium: Agenda
Brussels Privacy Symposium AI Ethics: The Privacy Challenge 6 November, 2017 • Vrije University Brussel Rome and Lisbon Conference Room Institute of European Studies, Pleinlaan 5, 1050, Brussel, Belgium Presented by: In partnership with 9:30 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome & Introductions Christopher Kuner, Co-Director, Brussels Privacy Hub Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of […]
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"Your Phone May Be Tracking Your Every Move; Here's How to Stop It"
During the International Association of Privacy Professional’s Global Privacy Summit 2017, FPF’s CEO, Jules Polonetsky, took a moment to speak with NBC 4 Los Angeles about the privacy implications of granting apps permission to track your location.
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The Top 10: Student Privacy News (April – May 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.