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by Rob van Eijk and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna On January 28, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior organized a conference celebrating the 40th Data Protection Day, the date on which the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”, was opened for signature. One of the invited speakers and panelists was Prof. […]

On January 27, 2021, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) hosted a panel at the 14th Annual International Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection Conference (CPDP2021). The theme for this year’s online conference was “Enforcing Rights in a Changing World.” Rob van Eijk, FPF Managing Director for Europe, moderated the panel “Technical Standards Bringing […]

Data is increasingly the lifeblood of commerce, research, and government. Data analysis is providing new insights into our health, making transportation safer, and increasing the usefulness of online services. It is a key to developing medical breakthroughs, educating students during the pandemic, and combating inequity and discrimination.  But if society is going to enjoy the […]

The Call for Nominations for the 2021 FPF Award for Research Data Stewardship is now open. You can find the nominations forms here. We ask that nominations be submitted by Monday, March 1, 2021. The FPF Award for Research Data Stewardship recognizes excellence in the privacy-protective stewardship of corporate data that is shared with academic researchers. […]

With 2020 fast coming to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on a year that forced us to re-focus our priorities, along with much of our lives, while continuing to produce engaging events, thought-provoking analysis, and insightful reports.  Considering Privacy & Ethics at the Dawn of a New Decade Early in […]

On November 12, 2020, FPF Policy Counsels Drs. Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup and Sara Jordan presented privacy-by-design alongside human-centered design concepts during the 2020 CCSQ World Usability Day virtual conference. This presentation followed Drs. Hendricks-Sturrup’s and Jordan’s July 2020 scientific position paper presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2020, entitled “Patient- Reported Outcomes: A Privacy-Centric and Federated Approach […]

In October 2020, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) convened a virtual workshop entitled “Privacy and Pandemics: Responsible Uses of Technology and Health Data During Times of Crisis” with invited computer science, privacy law, public policy, social science, and health information experts from around the world to examine benefits, risks, and strategies for the collection […]

by Jasmine Park On November 24, 2020, the South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the nation’s central administrative agency tasked with protecting the privacy rights of individuals by enforcing the country’s privacy laws, released its revised three-year “Personal Information Protection Master Plan” (‘21-‘23). A wide range of policies that balance both the protection and […]

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, FPF hosted a Digital Data Flows Masterclass on Machine Learning and Speech. The masterclass on Machine Learning and Speech is the first masterclass of a new series after completing the VUB-FPF Digital Data Flows Masterclass series with eight topics. Professor Marine Carpuat (Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Maryland) starts […]

With more than 30 bills filed in the United States Congress since 2018 to regulate privacy with overwhelming support from the public, it looks like the US might be going through a ‘privacy renaissance’. This week, FPF Senior Counsel Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna’s article, “America’s ‘privacy renaissance’: What to expect under a new presidency and Congress,” […]