Big Data: A Tool for Fighting Discrimination and Empowering Groups Report
FPF prepared a report that looked at how businesses, governments, and civil society organizations are leveraging data to provide access to job markets, to uncover discriminatory practices, and to develop new tools to improve education and provide public assistance. Big Data: A Tool for Fighting Discrimination and Empowering Groups explains that although big data […]
Big Data: A Benefit and Risk Analysis
FPF released a whitepaper framing the big data conversation moving forward and to promote better understanding of how big data can shape our lives. Big Data: A Benefit and Risk Analysis provides a practical guide for how benefits can be assessed in the future, but they also show how data is already is being used in […]
The US-EU Safe Harbor: An Analysis of the Framework's Effectiveness in Protecting Personal Privacy
FPF releases our report on the effectiveness of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program. Our analysis, which we first announced in August, responds to recent recommendations by the European Commission and suggests several areas where the framework can be further strengthened.