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Infographic and Report, Student Voices: LGBTQ+ Experiences in the Connected Classroom, was developed through a partnership with LGBT Tech, a national, nonpartisan group of LGBT organizations, academics, and high technology companies, builds on FPF and LGBT Tech research, including interviews with recent high school graduates who identify as LGBTQ+, to gather firsthand accounts of how […]

[…] of student monitoring, which also includes “The Privacy and Equity Implications of Using Self-Harm Monitoring Technologies: Recommendations for Schools” and an accompanying infographic, “Understanding Student Monitoring.” To access the Youth & Ed team’s child and student privacy resources, visit www.StudentPrivacyCompass.org and follow the team on Twitter at @SPrivacyCompass. screenshot 2023 06 26 at 6.26.22 pm

[…] of age estimation might include capturing a “selfie” of a user to estimate the user’s age range. Verifying someone’s exact age almost always  requires increased data collection compared with estimating an age range or age bracket. Some of the current age estimation technology can accurately distinguish a 12 year old from someone over 25, […]

The Utah legislature introduced two similar, competing bills that seek to regulate online experiences for Utah users. SB 152 would require social media companies to verify the age of all Utah users and require parental consent for users under 18 to have an account. The bill would also require social media companies to provide a […]

[…] collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and regularly used for a number of reasons – like when you use social media accounts, when you shop online or redeem digital coupons at the store, or when you search the internet.  Sometimes, information is collected about you by one company and then shared […]

[…] bills from Oklahoma and Florida would have significantly reshaped privacy compliance programs for covered entities. Oklahoma’s Computer Data Privacy Act includes more rigorous consent requirements than any comparable state or national law, while Florida’s proposal would have required companies to adhere to strict data retention schedules and provided for enforcement mechanisms that are absent […]

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today released a new policy brief comparing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), a first-of-its-kind privacy-by-design law in the United States, and the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. While there are distinctions between the two codes, the California AADC, which is set to become enforceable on July […]

The Future of Privacy Forum’s policy brief provides a comparison of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), a first-of-its-kind privacy-by-design law in the United States, and the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. While there are distinctions between the two codes, the California AADC, which is set to become enforceable on July 1, 2024, […]

I. Summary A federal court recently ruled that a public university’s use of room-scanning technology during a remotely proctored exam violated a student’s Fourth Amendment right to privacy. The decision in Ogletree v. CSU is the clearest indication to date of how courts will treat Fourth Amendment challenges to public higher education institutions’ use of […]

FPF is thrilled to announce the new Director of our Youth & Education Privacy Program, David Sallay. David comes to FPF from the Utah State Board of Education, where he previously served as the Chief Privacy Officer and the Student Privacy Auditor at the Utah State Board of Education, where he worked with schools and […]