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[…] reports that “The internet was created by adults for adults, but it has seen a sharp uptick in kid users over the past 10 years… Silicon Valley has bet its future on younger users, but has come under fire recently for building products that critics say aren’t safe for children.” Awesome new resource: the Utah […]

[…] that “Chan-Zuckerberg to Push Ambitious New Vision for Personalized Learning;” the New Schools Venture Fund Summit emphasized that “philanthropists and school leaders need to make a ‘big bet’ on dramatically reshaping schools” through personalized learning; Common Sense Media’s Bill Fitzgerald was on a podcast about “Personalized Learning and the Disruption of Public Education;” and […]

[…] Founder and Co-Chair of FPF, who is speaking in Brussels at privacy events this week, said: “This report shows that the Safe Harbor still is our best bet for protecting peoples’ data in a global economy.  By requiring companies to make commitments that can be enforced by the US Federal Trade Commission, EU citizens […]

[…] says it follows the network behavior of 480 million people. It furnishes friendship data to help customers fine-tune their promotions. Its studies indicate borrowers are a better bet if their friends have higher credit ratings. This might mean a home buyer with a middling credit risk score of 550 should be treated as closer […]

[…] “substantive” data minimization rules that aim to place default restrictions on the purposes for which personal data can be collected, used, or shared, typically requiring some connection between the personal data and the provision or maintenance of a requested product or service. This white paper explores this ongoing trend towards substantive data minimization, with […]

[…] been labeled as “de-identified” while still leaving individuals vulnerable. Achieving a state where individuals genuinely cannot be reasonably identified is significantly harder, especially given the inherent trade-off between privacy protection and data utility: more aggressive de-identification techniques reduce re-identification risk but also diminish the data’s value for analysis. The concept of true, irreversible anonymization, […]

FPF and University of Arizona Eller College of Management Awarded Grant by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Address Privacy Implications, and Data Uses of Technologies Aimed at Aging At Home The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI and emerging technologies–has been awarded a grant from the Alfred […]

[…] the GDPR, a law with an unprecedented regulatory impact around the world, from California to Brazil, across the African continent, to India, to China, and everywhere in between. The field of data protection and privacy has become undeniably global, with GDPR-inspired laws (from a lesser to a bigger degree) adopted or updated in many […]

[…] collection is “reasonably” necessary to offer a requested product or service but would not be “strictly” necessary to offer that same service? Practically, what is the difference between these two standards? If a company’s business model is based on the sale of personal information or the use of data for targeted advertising, are those […]