FPF Supports and Participates in Recent Privacy Law Scholars Conference; Announces 2011 “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” Submission Period
Last Thursday and Friday a large group of academic privacy experts—as well as leading government, industry and advocacy participants—gathered at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) in Berkeley, California to discuss and hold workshops on several new papers addressing key privacy issues. The conference was hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and […]
Future of Privacy Forum Launches App Privacy Site
Future of Privacy Forum Launches App Privacy Site Privacy resource portal provides application developer tools and guidance for responsible privacy practices WASHINGTON – With hundreds of thousands of online and mobile applications already in use and more being developed, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today launched a new website to help application developers provide […]
Today is Data Privacy Day and YOU are the CEO of Facebook
For those that don’t know, January 28 is Data Privacy Day. And although you may not have the title of CEO at Facebook, we would like to pretend that you are in charge of it for the day. So what would you do if you were CEO of Facebook and you had to make some important decisions today? There’s a plethora of […]
Breaking News: Firefox 'Do Not Track' Advances
Future of Privacy Forum comments on Firefox’s plans to implement a Do Not track feature in Firefox 4: “Firefox is advancing the “Do Not Track” concept by providing a simpler and more effective way to opt-out of behavioral ads, but in a way that is likely to allow most ad networks to continue to deliver […]
Dec. 7, 2010 – Microsoft, Spurred by Privacy Concerns, Introduces Tracking Protection to Its Browser, NY Times
Jules Polonetsky, the co-chairman and director of the Future of Privacy Forum, said users would most likely decide to use lists published by Web sites they trusted instead of creating their own, adding that most people would likely ignore the option all together. “The average user is not going to have a list of 500 […]
"Do Not Track" – Update
Some Background Notes on Do Not Track – in Advance of the Future of Privacy Panel and the Energy and Commerce Hearing Today’s Wall Street Journal article by Julia Angwin focuses on the upcoming “Do Not Track” events taking place this week, including the FPF program on Wednesday, and provides some background on recent developments. […]
Sept. 27, 2010 – Facebook ‘Places’ app now in Canada, Fort Frances Times
TORONTO—A new Facebook application for smartphone users has made it easier for Canadians to co-ordinate coffee breaks at their local Tim Hortons and broadcast their most recent visits to their favourite local haunts. As of Friday, Canadians can take advantage of Places, an application the social networking site released in the United States last month.
Firefox Soon to Dent Behavioral Advertising?New Plans for Third Party Cookies.
A friend just flagged to us the following activity on the Mozilla message boards indicating the latest updates to the browser code that is the base for the Firefox browser will dramatically change the handling of third party cookies. Comments by Dan Wittes, leader of the cookie module at Mozilla, explain that the current default ‘accept third […]
Facebook issue is a wake-up call
Today Facebook responded to users by announcing simpler and more powerful controls for sharing personal information. We’re glad they are listening, but more needs to be done, and other businesses need to take notice. Check out our response at CNN.com. Jules Polonesky, director of Future Privacy Forum, also released the following statement: The message that […]
California Law and Alternatives to "Privacy Policy"
A couple of weeks ago, on the FPF facebook page, we posted our thoughts about a comment Alexander Macgillivray, Twitter’s general counsel, made about the decision to name Twitter’s “privacy policy” as such and not as “public policy,” based upon the requirements of California law. We finally had a chance to take a closer look […]