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[…] the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), KU Leuven Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Professor of Computer Science, Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy, and ICREA-Acadèmia Researcher, Universitat Rovira i Virgili Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Professor in the Digital Security group at the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences and Scientific Director of the Privacy & Identity Lab, Radboud University […]

[…] Edward Snowden, through the publication of CIA hacker code, to the Shadow Brokers release of NSA hacker tools. In an era where leaks happen at scale and get disseminated globally, agencies face a “declining half life of secrets,” and must anticipate that their actions and techniques will be made public far sooner than historically […]

[…] was the latest company to encounter this flap and accordingly updated its terms to explain that it had never asserted legal ownership of consumers data.  Companies can get ahead of this issue by using clear terms from the outset.  Smart consumers and critics should recognize this legal language by now and appreciate that it […]

[…] they shop. Algorithms influence when loans and insurance are withheld. Algorithms impact how people consume news and form political opinions. Algorithms play a role in determining who gets placed on the government’s no-fly list, who is subject to heightened government surveillance, which prisoners are offered parole, how self-driving cars make life-or-death decisions, how facial […]

[…] Dixon expressed how she views FPF’s Tech Lab as a must attend event. “It’s one of the rare opportunities as a regulator in Europe that I actually get to touch and feel products that are impacting people’s privacy,” Commissioner Dixon said. She explained how being able to interact with Hello Barbie for the first […]

[…] Also check out: Rachel Krinsky Rudnick from University of Connecticut for a Peer-to-Peer Roundtable on Privacy in Higher Ed (4/19 at 12:30pm) If you didn’t manage to get one of the sold-out tickets to FPF’s Tech Lab (4/18 at 5:30pm), you can still see some of FPF’s Connected Toys and learn more about our […]

[…] makes it easy for users to understand what data is collected when they choose basic or advanced installations.  People already running a version of Windows 10 will get a notification to schedule the Creators Update and choose privacy settings. For each setting, Microsoft has provided a detailed description with the option to learn more […]

[…] data. You can sign up to attend a March 30th webinar discussing “The Educational Rights of Immigrant Children.” In the meantime, lawyers have been pouring over US Code to figure out which laws and regs apply and where FERPA and ECPA fit in. FPF members were able to attend two webinars on this topic over the past month, so let us […]

[…] online submission form to add an event. Events may also be submitted by emailing [email protected]. Want a free FPF I heart privacy t-shirt? Send us 5 events that we do not have listed and we will send you a t-shirt (up to 10 people will get shirts). Check out the Privacy Calendar today! VISIT CALENDAR

[…] phone. For example, if the map led the driver to a location where users had to cross a dangerous street and walk around the building to actually get to the entrance, or need to wave down the driver to get picked up again because they were not taken to the intended location, that information […]