White Papers

Ahead of the Federal Trade Commission’s June 9 workshop on the sharing economy, “User Reputation: Building Trust and Addressing Privacy Issues in the Sharing Economy” by Joseph Jerome, Benedicte Dambrine, and Ben Ambrose discusses the reputational, trust and privacy challenges users and providers face concerning the management and accuracy of shared information.

The Future of Privacy’s new report, A Practical Privacy Paradigm for Wearables, examines how wearable technologies are challenging traditional applications of the Fair Information Privacy Principles (FIPPs) and why policymaking in this area requires a forward-thinking, flexible approach to these concerns. The FIPPs have long provided the foundation for consumer privacy protection in this country, […]

Local Search Association and Future of Privacy Forum release a simple and concise primer that explains how the Bluetooth devices work and how privacy friendly controls ensure user control.

Each model year brings cars that are getting smarter and more connected, offering new safety features and consumer conveniences. By the end of the decade, one in five vehicles on the road will be …

In comments to be presented at the FTC public workshop, Professor Peter Swire will discuss his work in progress entitled Lessons from Fair Lending Law for Fair Marketing and Big Data. Swire explains that fair lending laws already provide guidance as to how to approach discrimination that allegedly has an illegitimate, disparate impact on protected […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.