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[…] first authentication is the normal username and password combination that has been used for years. The second factor is either a text message or email including a code that is sent to a personal device. This added step makes it harder for malicious actors to gain access to your accounts. Two-factor authentication only adds […]

[…] just the consent context, recently lawmakers have crafted manipulative design provisions that apply to other types of interfaces and conduct. For example, the California Age Appropriate Design Code (CA AADC) prohibits services targeted at young people from using “dark patterns” to steer youth into sharing personal data or to act in a way that […]

[…] turned to the protection of children online this year with President Biden notably mentioning it during his State of the Union address. In California, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was signed into law. Our Youth & Education experts provided analysis by launching two policy briefs; one of which provides a comprehensive analysis of the […]

[…] used as a pretext to “deploy ‘strategic ignorance.” Design:  Data & Society called for some “basic floors”, such as those found in the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. EPIC specifically proposed that the FTC make it “an unfair and deceptive practice for companies to make intentional design choices in order to facilitate the commercial […]

[…] new independent rulemaking and enforcement Agency, the first in the US, focusing only on data protection and privacy. Finally, she addressed the recently enacted California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which focuses on the design of internet tools, and stressed that companies are struggling to implement it. Further reading: FPF’s comments to the Federal Trade […]

[…] action. What, if any, additional language or concepts from ADPPA will gain traction at the state level? 3. Have we entered the Age of the Age-Appropriate Design Code? While ‘comprehensive’ privacy laws and proposals continue to capture the bulk of the privacy commentariat’s attention, it is likely that the most significant U.S. consumer privacy […]

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 […]

[…] regulators need to put their brains together in developing use cases and standards that would increase legal certainty around the effective use of PETs. Co-regulatory solutions like Codes of Conduct could facilitate demonstrations that PETs are used in a compliant manner.  Finally, Geff Brown highlighted how differential privacy has become usable in multiple apps, […]

[…] is going on in youth & education privacy today…What’s one thing that you are optimistic or encouraged about? I am encouraged by the move to age-appropriate design codes in some jurisdictions since it should lead to more products mapping better to the expectations of parents, educators, and children. What’s one thing that you are […]

[…] Education team is pleased to publish a new policy brief that builds on this first brief by providing a comparative analysis of the United Kingdom’s Age Appropriate Design Code (UK AADC) to the California AADC, which was modeled after the UK AADC. Learn more and download the UK and CA AADC Comparative policy brief here.  New report […]