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[…] media users with political ads remains an ongoing issue today.”  Although GDPR does capture the activity of political actors in Europe, guidance in the form of a Code of Conduct for political advertisers would be welcome, according to a new opinion from the European Data Protection Supervisor. How can we support more legitimate research […]

[…] a “black box” that is inevitably plagued by bias and potential injustice. While recognizing that algorithms are man-made artifacts, written and edited by humans in order to code decision-making processes, the article argues that a distinction should be drawn between “policy-neutral algorithms,” which lack an active editorial hand, and “policy-directed algorithms,” which are intentionally framed […]

[…] Deletion Advertising using Smart TV Data is a Nascent, but Growing Industry Conclusions   What Makes a TV “Smart?” Smart TVs – or, as they are often promoted, “intelligent TVs,” are TVs that connect to the Internet to allow users to access streaming video services (such as Netflix or Hulu), other online media or […]

[…] 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.

[…] within the tech sector.” A progressive political group “filed FOIA requests seeking the publicly available student directories to get student cell phone numbers at every one of Virginia’s 39 public colleges. Of those, 18 schools, including Tech and Radford, complied.” This will lead to legislation banning directory information disclosures for this purpose next spring. […]

[…] 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 […]

[…] and EdWeek reported “Gates, Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on Personalized Learning.” The Economic Times also reported “Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates try opposite paths to education tech in India.” “Schools are watching students’ social media, raising questions about free speech” and privacy, via a feature on PBS NewsHour on June 20. This relates to privacy […]

[…] the encrypted app WhatsApp when seeking access to user data, the European Union Justice Minister is considering measures to force companies to cooperate with law-enforcement requests, and India has proposed sweeping encryption legislation that would require backdoor acces as well. The difficulty with these mandated backdoors, however, is that a computer vulnerability that exists […]

[…] 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 […]