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[…] increase over the 3.5% of all companies that were based in Europe under the previous EU-US Safe Harbor Program in 2014. At only a year old, the number of Privacy Shield participants is already greater than 2,000 and typically grows by several members each week. Leading EU companies that rely on Privacy Shield include: […]

In the coming months, FPF will be hosting or co-hosting a number of events. We welcome your attendance and participation. Please contact us at [email protected] for further information.

[…] The workshop will kick-off with a keynote from Facebook’s Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, Rob Sherman, and a panel discussion from our advisory board members.  Workshop Organizers: Xinru Page, Bentley University; Pamela Wisniewski, University of Central Florida; Margaret Honda, Future of Privacy Forum, Jen Romano-Bergstrom, Instagram and President of the UXPA (User Experience Professionals Association); […]

[…] on Evidence-Based Policymaking released their final report. The Commission was created through bi-partisan legislation in 2016 to “consider how to strengthen government’s evidence-building and policymaking efforts” ( page 16). One of the key issues that the Commission heard from advocates on all sides about whether to overturn the current federal ban on connecting education data […]

[…] below (but not limited to them). To encourage a diverse set of attendees, we ask those who are interested in attending the workshop to provide a one- page submission that includes the following information (no specific format required): Biosketch. One to two paragraphs introducing who you are and your background, including whether you come […]

[…] just a notification, it’s also feature—it makes it easy to return to the app after leaving it to take a call or do something else on the phone. For these reasons, industry sources are noting that most location-based mobile marketing are unlikely to be affected. We agree, although it’s worth noting that there are […]

[…] problems of three basic types: (1) data privacy problems; (2) boundary management problems; and (3) social/relational problems. Technological design can ward off, if not fully prevent, a number of these harms. We propose five principles for home robots and privacy design: data minimization, purpose specifications, use limitations, honest anthropomorphism, and dynamic feedback and participation. […]

[…] reports on data brokers, the Internet of Things, Cross Device Tracking, Big Data, mobile security, and kids’ apps. Prior to being named Director, Jessica served in a number of senior roles at the FTC, including Deputy Director of the Bureau, Associate Director of the Division of Financial Practices, and Acting Associate Director of the […]

[…] a back door in, that back door’s for everybody, for good guys and bad guys.”  Strong encryption is permitted even under the 1994 U.S. law that requires phone companies to build their networks to respond to court orders.  As the ACLU’s Chris Soghoian has emphasized, that law “explicitly protected the rights of companies that […]

[…] information without explicit permission, the ability to delete their information, and promises to only use the data for the expected purposes.  FPF has begun discussions with a number of consumer genetics companies and hopes to share best practices guidance in the upcoming months. But before we begin, there are some useful lessons that FPF […]