Privacy Best Practices for Consumer Genetic Testing Services
The Future of Privacy Forum, along with leading consumer genetic and personal genomic testing companies 23andMe, Ancestry, Helix, MyHeritage, and Habit, released Privacy Best Practices for Consumer Genetic Testing Services. These companies have been joined by African Ancestry and Living DNA in supporting the Best Practices as a clear articulation of how leading firms can build […]
Unfairness By Algorithm: Distilling the Harms of Automated Decision-Making Report & Infographic
Analysis of personal data can be used to improve services, advance research, and combat discrimination. However, such analysis can also create valid concerns about differential treatment of individuals or harmful impacts on vulnerable communities. These concerns can be amplified when automated decision-making uses sensitive data (such as race, gender, or familial status), impacts protected classes, or affects individuals’ eligibility for housing, employment, or other core services. When seeking to identify harms, it is important to appreciate the context of interactions between individuals, companies, and governments—including the benefits provided by automated decision-making frameworks, and the fallibility of human decision-making.
Financial Data Localization: Conflicts and Consequences Infographic
How has the growing trend of global financial data localization laws affected financial institutions handling difficult questions of data privacy? What have been the practical impacts of these laws? FPF addresses these questions in a new info-graphic: “Financial Data Localization: Conflicts and Consequences.”
The Future of Microphones in Connected Devices Infographic
The Microphones & the Internet of Things: Understanding Uses of Audio Sensors in Connected Devices infographic illustrates microphones in home devices — and increasingly, in city sensors and other out-of-home systems — home devices integrate microphones, which provide a voice user interface powered by cloud-based speech recognition which can generate privacy concerns. As policymakers consider the […]
Data and the Connected Car Infographic – Version 1.0
FPF’s Data and the Connected Car describes the basic data-generating devices and flows in today’s connected vehicles. The infographic will help consumers and businesses understand the emerging data ecosystems that power incredible new features—features that warn drivers of an accident before they see it or jolt them awake if they fall asleep at the wheel. […]
Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy Visual Guide
Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy is a visual and interactive tool that helps citizens, companies, and communities understand the technologies at the heart of smart city and smart community projects – and their potential impact on privacy. It also connects stakeholders with guidance documents, best practices, and other resources designed to help them implement new […]
A Visual Guide to Practical Data De-Identification Infographic
This FPF infographic provides a visual explanation of de-identification, the process of removing personally identifiable information from data collected, stored, and used by organizations, which was once viewed as a silver bullet allowing organizations to reap data benefits while at the same time avoiding risks and legal requirements. The concept of de-identification has come under […]