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Today, Future of Privacy Forum Senior Counsel Stacey Gray testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth regarding consumer privacy in the technology sector. Stacey’s testimony explains that the term “data brokers” typically encompasses a wide variety of companies and business practices that use personal information for different […]

[…] to enable the latter to make and website owners to respect those choices. He also took the view that such proposals could positively avoid leaving browser manufacturers free to establish default settings.  Then, the panel touched on the question: are online players unwilling to correctly configure their consent banners, in line with current legal […]

[…] between those regions and the rest of the world”. The European Commission has recently concluded adequacy talks with South Korea, after having created the largest area of free data flows for the EU with Japan, two years ago.  “You will see more of that in the coming months and years, with other partners in […]

[…] on context and reasonable use. Ensure opportunities for socially beneficial commercial research using sensitive personal information. Clarify the role of global opt-out signals in the context of today’s labyrinth of existing permission frameworks, including in authenticated and non-authenticated platforms. Establish an open process for authoritative approval of new global opt-out signals that meet the […]

[…] global principles can be found in the OECD Privacy Guidelines, the APEC Privacy Principles, and for Southeast Asia, the ASEAN Principles for Data Protection, as well as free-trade agreements like the CPTPP and RCEP. At the same time, it is also necessary to adapt laws to local conditions – society, culture, and history. The […]

[…] important privacy and governance implications. We have been actively working in this area since 2015, and continue to engage with various interested organizations around the challenges in today’s digital environment.  With respect to the sharing of data itself, FPF is focused on finding ways to incorporate proportionate precautions so that any sharing activities adequately […]

[…] IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. Prior to working at FPF, Sara was faculty in the Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech and in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and University […]

[…] payment platforms, because they exclusively use them on their phones. Understanding this reality (how users have never used a computer, but only mobile phones with preloaded apps, free allowances, etc.) is key to start thinking about designing consent, or even policymaking around consent.  However, literacy is not necessarily a barrier, and it is not […]

[…] ethical questions around fairness, justice, human rights, autonomy, and personal dignity. A Mix of Technical and Policy Solutions Is Best for Maximizing Benefits While Mitigating Risks To promote privacy-protective and ethical uses of BCIs, stakeholders should adopt technical measures including but not limited to: Providing hard on/off controls whenever possible; Providing granular user controls […]

[…] protection,” said new Manager of Asia-Pacific, Dr. Clarisse Girot. “Today, this approach has been called into question, and an increasing number of regulators and privacy professionals are promoting accountability over a consent-centric approach to data protection. However, the fragmentation of data protection laws in Asia Pacific is an obstacle to the development of common […]