Missing the Consumer Value of Social Media
I love Consumer Reports. I rely on the magazine for top notch reviews. Their testing of consumer products is unbiased and invaluable to anyone who takes both price and value seriously. I am currently looking to purchase a quality home treadmill and was pleased to see that a recent issue included a detailed report based […]
12 pm Webinar: Recapping FPF's "Personal Information: The Benefits and Risks of De-Identification" Event
Please join Jules Polonetsky and Professor Khaled El Emam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information, University of Ottawa, for a 12 pm Eastern webinar. Polonetsky and Professor El Emam will discuss highlights from FPF’s December 5, 2011 event on personal information and provide an analysis of the conference. […]
Dec. 2, 2011 – Jules Polonetsky Discusses Applications for Holiday Shopping, WTKF-FM
Apps are becoming a popular tool for holiday shopping, but is the privacy of consumers at risk? Jules Polonetsky discussed the issue with Ben Ball on “Costal Daybreak” which airs on The Talk Station WTKF-FM in North Carolina. Listen here for the interview.
French Gathering of Global Govt & Bus Leaders Focus on Privacy
By Chris Wolf, FPF Founder and Co-Chair On October 21st, I was invited by the French Minister for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, Eric Besson, to participate in a seminar on the future of the Internet in Paris. The privacy session was entitled “Reconciling the Internet business model and respect for privacy” and […]
December 5th Privacy Conference
The Future of Privacy Forum Presents Personal Information: The Benefits and Risks of De-Identification On December 5, 2011, leading academics, advocates, Chief Privacy Officers, legal experts and policymakers will gather to discuss and debate the benefits and risks of de-identification and the definition of personal information. Please join us for this discussion of one of […]
IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium May 4-6 in Toronto, Canada
Event Name: International Association of Privacy Proffesionals (IAPP) Canada Privacy Symposium Date: May 4 – 6, 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada To access this event’s homepage, click here.
Privacy CampTO March 19 in Toronto, Canada
Event Name: Privacy CampTO – Privacy for Everyone Date: March 19, 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Description: This year, the one-day unconference will focus on children, youth, people with disabilities and privacy. Everyone is welcome: educators, techies, policymakers, students, academics, librarians and anyone else interested in digging into these issues. As an unconference, the day […]
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.
Leading Privacy Experts Join the FPF Advisory Board
FPF is fortunate and honored to have many of the leading minds from the business, academic and advocacy worlds among our Advisory Board members, and with the addition of the following six new members, our Board will become even more enriching. We thank them for joining and look forward to their counsel: James Byrne is […]
Privacy Commissioners Raise Good Points in Their Letter to Google
Last week, the Privacy Commissioners of Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom sent a letter to Google revisiting the privacy issues raised by Google’s introduction earlier this year of Google Buzz. Readers will recall that when Buzz was rolled out, Google automatically assigned Gmail users a […]