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Today, The Future of Privacy Forum is launching the Data and the Connected Vehicle Infographic 2.0, including new updates to account for the types of data associated with connected vehicles, features in and outside of the vehicle, and data handlers who receive and process data. Lawmakers, manufacturers, privacy professionals, and consumers are actively engaged in work to examine and respond […]

FPF is pleased to submit comments to the California Civil Rights Council regarding their Proposed Modifications to the Employment Regulations Regarding Automated-Decision Systems. By modernizing the state’s current employment regulations, the California Civil Rights Council has an important opportunity to influence how existing civil rights laws will apply to emerging technologies like AI. Ideally, these […]

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, […]

Enforcement activity intensifies as U.S. consumer privacy laws continue to evolve and come into effect. In 2023 and 2024 alone, there have been dozens of enforcement actions at the U.S. federal and state levels, some of which reveal or touch on significant throughlines for privacy policy issues, such as what constitutes a privacy violation or […]

FPF released a report explaining how safeguarding driver privacy and data protection will be critical to ensuring widespread acceptance of new safety technology in vehicles. This report comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is in the process of establishing new requirements for safety technology that vehicle manufacturers will soon integrate into vehicles of the future. […]

On March 4, 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) submitted comments in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Advanced Impaired Driving Prevention Technology.

Despite fewer vehicle miles traveled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 38,680 individuals died in motor vehicle accidents in 2020 — the largest projected number of fatalities in such accidents in over a decade. Washington, D.C.-based non-profit Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released a report detailing the data usage and privacy implications […]

As FPF’s work expands to include an international audience, we are pleased to relaunch FPF’s popular infographics in various languages. Because conversations around data protection have become more global, the need for high-quality information and new forms of communication in different languages continues to increase. 1. Data and the Connected Car The infographic, “Data and […]

FPF and Uber have created a guide for US-based rideshare drivers who install “dashcams” – video cameras mounted on a vehicle’s dashboard or windshield. Many drivers install dashcams to improve safety, security, and accountability; the cameras can capture crashes or other safety-related incidents outside and inside cars. Dashcam footage can be helpful to drivers, passengers, […]

In this infographic, FPF demonstrates how mobile devices, such as smartphones, interpret signals from their surroundings – including GPS satellites, cell towers, Wi-Fi networks, and Bluetooth – to generate a precise location measurement (latitude and longitude). This measurement is provided by the mobile operating system to mobile apps through a Location Services API when they […]