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[…] the data is linked to a particular user or device, and if the data will be used to track users. Because SDK’s run in-process with other app code, and share the app’s access permissions, developer responses are required to reflect both the practices of the app as well as any 3rd party code within […]

[…] to malicious actors, or their evaluations are not representative of their abilities since the scope of the test set is limited. In some cases, the models never get created in the first place. There are a number of approaches that can be integrated into AI algorithms in order to maintain various levels of privacy. […]

[…] such practice from the consumer. In the same vein, if companies generate large revenues with their misleading and unfair practices, the solution is not to ensure consumers get their share of the illicitly obtained revenues. If anything would provide an incentive to continue misleading and unfair practices, this would be it. As always with […]

[…] mere existence was unlawful in some quarters due to anti-miscegenation laws…and you may be surprised to know this repugnant language remained in state constitutions after Loving v Virginia — till 1987 in Mississippi; 1998 in South Carolina and 2000 in Alabama. Being both black and white I KNOW how hard this topic is. For […]

[…] In that spirit, we would like to call attention to the work of Professor Ruha Benjamin and her book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. The FPF Privacy Book Club was honored to learn from Professor Benjamin this week and we invite you to watch the video and order her book. We found it to be a thought-provoking […]

[…] & Information Industry Association, explaining that automated decision making can be designed and used in ways that preserve fairness for all, but this will not happen automatically– getting those outcomes requires designing those features and using them in ways that preserve these values.  Unfairness by Algorithm // While discriminatory decisions made by a human […]

[…] adequately enforce the law, for example, when a violation involves harm to only one or a few individuals. Read more from advocates: Gaurav Laroia & David Brody, Free Press, Privacy Rights Are Civil Rights. We Need to Protect Them (Mar. 14, 2019);  Joe Jerome, Tech Policy Greenhouse by TechDirt, Can You Protect Privacy If […]

[…] risks and facing the associated downsides of that label, including discrimination. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) points out that thermal cameras are surveillance devices that can “chill free expression, movement, and association; aid in targeting harassment and over-policing of vulnerable populations; and open the door to facial recognition.” In light of the questionable effectiveness […]

[…] other. Each is complementary to the other. A holistic approach is needed with legal safeguards, technical safeguards, and a path toward compliance.” ‘DPOs: do not go alone; get help’ O’Carroll added that it is essential that DPOs not act in isolation. “DPOs need to get access to scientists and to organizational people, but also […]

[…] data may be imprecise, untested, imperfect. I will look to my reasonably competent health department for guidance. I realize I am privileged in this regard. If I get an alert, I can work from home and be paid. I can err on the side of safety out of caution. Many can not. I realize […]