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[…] regarding the ePrivacy Regulation and the implementation of the GDPR to ensure better protection against physical tracking? Can self-regulation initiatives such as the Future of Privacy Forum code of conduct help improve the situation? Privacy engineering, lingua franca for transatlantic privacy Wednesday, January 24, 11.45, La Cave The Future of Privacy Forum is organizing […]

The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) released its 2018 Code of Conduct yesterday, consolidating the rules for online and mobile behavioral advertising (interest-based advertising). NAI, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, is the leading self-regulatory association for digital advertising, with over 100 members and a formalized internal review mechanism.

[…] browsing and ad tracking. EdWeek reported on the education implications behind a New York City Council bill that would require that “all city agencies publish the source code behind algorithms they use to target services to city residents.” ProPublica also released a report after “A federal judge this week unsealed the source code for […]

[…] Protect Their Students & the Constitution,” Berkman-Klein Center, March 6, 2017. Program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants, 8 U.S. Code § 1372. Retention and Reporting of Information for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants; Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), 67 FR 76255. U.S. Department of […]

[…] Shadow Brokers. An initial lesson is to remind us that leaks can and do happen from intelligence agencies, from Edward Snowden, through the publication of CIA hacker code, to the Shadow Brokers release of NSA hacker tools. In an era where leaks happen at scale and get disseminated globally, agencies face a “declining half […]

[…] Driven Discrimination at Work P. T. KIM A data revolution is transforming the workplace. Employers are increasingly relying on algorithms to decide who gets interviewed, hired, or promoted. Although algorithms can help to avoid biased human decision-making, they also risk introducing new sources of bias. Data mining techniques may cause employment decisions to be […]

[…] privacy programs, transparency and consent, de-identification, vendor management, and data minimization. Finally, the tool also acts as a central repository for privacy-related guidance documents, best practices, reports, codes of conduct, and other resources that can help local policymakers, technologists, and citizens navigate these complex issues and integrate digital services in privacy-protective ways. As cities […]

[…] them, and who within their communities might use or deliver them. The visual guide also acts as a central repository for privacy-related guidance documents, best practices, reports, codes of conduct, and other resources that can help local policymakers, technologists, and citizens navigate these complex issues and integrate digital services in privacy-protective ways. The guide […]

[…] data. You can sign up to attend a March 30th webinar discussing “The Educational Rights of Immigrant Children.” In the meantime, lawyers have been pouring over US Code to figure out which laws and regs apply and where FERPA and ECPA fit in. FPF members were able to attend two webinars on this topic over the past month, so let us […]

Each of the last three years, FPF has taken a top Georgetown student and immersed them in the world of privacy. FPF fellows collaborate with advocates, academics, and companies and handle projects that lead to best practices, white papers, codes of conduct, and the like.