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  BuzzFeed News today reports that phone booths in NYC are tracking people and can send them ads. Let’s explain this rapidly spreading new technology we often see described inaccurately. First, let’s step back and understand how your phone or apps on your phone that you grant permission to access your location are able […]

[…] their settings, including their privacy settings, making it easier for users to control their privacy. Before, apps could only give instructions on how to go to the phone’s settings to change the privacy controls. This new feature makes control over privacy settings more accessible to users. Apple’s new Health app implements additional protections for […]

[…] data.  FPF will work with authors of the selected papers to develop a digest. Our deadline for submissions is July 31, 2014.  Please include the author’s full name, phone number, current postal address, and e-mail address. Please send submissions via e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers 2014.” Click here to view […]

Speaking for everyone snowed-in in DC, White House Counselor John Podesta remarked that “big snow trumped big data,” while on the phone to open the first of the Obama Administration’s three big data and privacy workshops.  This first workshop focused on advancing the “start of the art” in technology and practice.  While these workshops are ultimately […]

[…] for the most up-to-date versions of both Apple’s iPhone (running iOS 7) and Android (link Expired) (running 4.4 KitKat).  But what if you’re using a slightly older phone that doesn’t run the new operating systems?  In that case, this guide is for you. iPhone (or iPad) Check which version of the iOS you’re running […]

[…] section. Users can also find the option to limit ad tracking in the Advertising section. Other Privacy Features Touch ID The new iPhone allows users to unlock the phone using a biometric fingerprint scanner. The phone does not store an image of the fingerprint, but instead stores a mathematical representation of your fingerprint. This information is stored only […]

[…] data.  FPF will work with authors of the selected papers to develop a digest. Our deadline for submissions is July 19, 2013.  Please include the author’s full name, phone number, current postal address, and e-mail address. Please send submissions via e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers 2013,” or send by mail […]

[…] off the grid.  With an “Internet of Things” ranging from our cars to our appliances, even to our carpets, retreating to our homes and turning off our phones will do little to stem the datafication tide. Transparency for transparency’s sake is meaningless.  We need mechanisms to achieve transparency’s benefits. We need to encourage users […]

[…] statement also calls for technology neutral policies. In other words, data collected from unmanned aircraft would be treated no differently from information uncovered from manned aircraft–or mobile phones. Additionally, while AUVSI has embraced limits on information collection, storage, use and sharing, it recommends enforcement via “established law and policy.” This might not be such […]

[…] “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, which warns us that things which appear to be free usually come with strings attached, can now be applied to free apps as well; in 5% of those apps at least, and the number is rising according to a recent study by Lookout, a mobile security firm.