FPF Unveils Paper on State Data Minimization Trends
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a new paper—Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions & Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy Legislation. Data minimization is a bedrock principle of privacy and data protection law, with origins in the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and the Privacy Act of 1974. At a high […]
FPF Unveils Report on the Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) launched a new report—Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law: Surveying the State Privacy Law Landscape and Recent Legislative Trends. By distilling this broad landscape to identify the “anatomy” of state comprehensive privacy law, this report highlights the strong commonalities and the nuanced differences between the various laws, showing how […]
Video-Based Vehicle Safety Systems: Lessons Learned from Commercial Fleets
Recent years have seen an increasing deployment of onboard video-based safety systems in vehicles. While video technologies have been seen already in passenger vehicles, these systems have been even more prominent in the commercial fleet industry (e.g., trucking, delivery, and rental vehicles). Fleet operators have substantial regulatory, financial, and other incentives to implement safety programs, […]
The Role of Data Protection in Safeguarding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information Report
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data privacy and protection, and experts from LGBT Tech — a national, nonpartisan group of LGBTQ+ organizations, academics, and technology organizations — released a report analyzing the role of data protection in safeguarding sexual orientation and gender identity information (SOGI). FPF and LGBT Tech’s […]
Policy Brief: Location Data Under Existing Privacy Laws
The Future of Privacy Forum released a policy brief, Location Data Under Existing Privacy Laws. Defining and regulating location data in a privacy law can be an elusive challenge. In part, this is due to its ubiquity in our lives: information about how devices and people move through spaces over time is utilized by Wi-Fi networks, smartphones, […]
Comparing Privacy Laws: GDPR v. CCPA Report
In November 2018, OneTrust DataGuidance and FPF partnered to publish a guide to the key differences between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). This updated Guide aims to assist organisations in understanding and comparing the relevant provisions of the GDPR and the CCPA, to ensure compliance with […]
CCPA, face to face with the GDPR: An in depth comparative analysis guide
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (‘CCPA’) both aim to guarantee strong protection for individuals regarding their personal data and apply to businesses that collect, use, or share consumer data, whether the information was obtained online or offline.
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.
Always On: Privacy Implications of Microphone-Enabled Devices Report
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) filed its report, Always On: Privacy Implications of Microphone-Enabled Devices, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to the Commission’s request for public comments regarding the privacy implications of Smart TVs. On December 7, 2016, the FTC will be holding a Smart TV Workshop to explore the intricacies of tracking technologies and best practices for addressing consumer privacy on entertainment systems.
FPF Comments on FTC’s Cross Device Workshop: Understanding the State of State Management
Future of Privacy Forum filed comments with the FTC in advance of the FTC’s Cross Device Workshop on Nov. 16, 2015. FPF’s Jules Polonetsky and Stacey Gray have also prepared a report version of the comments, Cross-Device: Understanding the State of State Management, which aims to describe how and why the advertising and marketing industries are […]