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  While Israel’s image as the “Start-up Nation” is well known in tech circles, the country has lacked a central organization capable of promoting the same level of thought leadership on tech policy and privacy issues. The launch of the Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI) in June 2018 ensured that this is no longer […]

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[…] currently being debated? The biggest debate in ad tech right now is how it will be meaningfully regulated. For a long time, ad tech mostly self-regulated with codes of conduct through organizations like the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), and others. In contrast, in the last couple years, we’ve seen a […]

[…] cultural diversity of the creators of facial recognition software influences the accuracy of the system.  This implies that who trains the systems is an important consideration.  By promoting diversity within their workforces, companies are also more likely to increase the accuracy and value of their systems. Finally, there are statistical tools – additional mathematical […]

[…] which FPF released last October. Most of what has been implemented is machine learning – algorithms that can evaluate their own output and make adjustments to their code without human involvement. Machine learning is used in image recognition, facial recognition, sensory inputs for autonomous vehicles, and many other tasks. I like the definition of […]

[…] only uncovered what they called an “often-flagrant lack of awareness, organization, motivation, and harmonization,” but also identified concrete suggestions aimed at data controllers, such as relatively easy fixes in privacy policies and access rights templates. For Designing Without Privacy, Ari Ezra Waldman (Professor of Law and Founding Director, Innovation Center for Law and Technology […]

[…] actionable resources for different audiences. The Student Privacy Pledge has been one of our most successful projects. Co-founded with SIIA, the Pledge is a Federal Trade Commission-enforceable code of conduct for edtech vendors. Now with nearly 330 companies as signatories, the Pledge was designed to both raise awareness of best practices and facilitate their […]

[…] protections with responsible data use that will improve our lives. So we convene experts from businesses, government, academia and civil society to get the best thinking and promote insightful research. We’ve also spurred industry to take actions with real-world impacts to protect consumer privacy. For example, the 300 companies that have taken the Student […]