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[…] (holding that emp loyers violate section 8(a)(1) if employer s engage in activities that chill their employees ’ freedom to exercise section 7 rights); Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., 302 F.3d 868, 884 (9th Cir. 2002) (determining that employer surveillance often causes emp loyees to refrain from exercising their rights under federal labor law […]

[…] optimizing web usage—creates rich value by ensuring that products and services can be improved to better serve consumers. Privacy risks are minimal, since analytics, if properly implemented, deals with statistical data, typically in de-identified form. Yet requiring online users to opt into analytics would no doubt severely curtail its application and use. Policymakers must […]

[…] identification and authentication information. They have the ability to capture and transmit data onto a device that can replace the need for loyalty cards, transit cards, movie tickets, parking tickets, keys, and ID cards. It is clear that both consumers and merchants alike stand to benefit significantly from the new mobile system.  And yet, […]

[…] Address Consumer Concerns Without Jeopardizing the Growth of the Grid A web conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Click here or call 888-471-4447 (+1-301-769-6804) to register! YOUR PRESENTERS: Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center Annabelle Lee, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, Computer Security Division, NIST William Levis, Director, Colorado […]

[…]   A.  Self Verification  a.  The site asks the user in a neutral way what his  or her birth date is, and if the user is  underage, a session cookie is placed in their brows er preventing access for the duration  of their web browsing session.  i.  Self-verification of this sort is the standard i n the USA, where the Children’s  Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires all  web sites which collect   personally identifiable information (PII) of childr en to obtain verifiable parental  consent. Sites that are not aimed at children that  collect personal information  may rely on the neutral age screen to ensure that u sers are adults. And, as noted  in the DG Infosoc report 1, self-verification is the technique favored by man y adult  web sites and social networking sites in Europe.  ii.  Advantages :  Cheap and easy to implement.   iii.  Concerns : Easy for people to lie.   1 See Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG Infosoc): Background Report on Cross Media Rat ing and Classification, and Age Verification Solutions, p.18 […]

[…]   A.  Self Verification  a.  The site asks the user in a neutral way what his  or her birth date is, and if the user is  underage, a session cookie is placed in their brows er preventing access for the duration  of their web browsing session.  i.  Self-verification of this sort is the standard i n the USA, where the Children’s  Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires all  web sites which collect   personally identifiable information (PII) of childr en to obtain verifiable parental  consent. Sites that are not aimed at children that  collect personal information  may rely on the neutral age screen to ensure that u sers are adults. And, as noted  in the DG Infosoc report 1, self-verification is the technique favored by man y adult  web sites and social networking sites in Europe.  ii.  Advantages :  Cheap and easy to implement.   iii.  Concerns : Easy for people to lie.   1 See Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG Infosoc): Background Report on Cross Media Rat ing and Classification, and Age Verification Solutions, p.18 […]

[…] online. The understanding will breed trust, and the trust will breed a more viable advertising solution. We agree with Jeff Hirsch, CEO of AudienceScience. But talk is cheap. Will industry really seek to deliver on user trust? We hope so but we also think that many aren’t yet engaged in the hard work needed […]

On December 19, New York Governor Hochul (D) signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, ending months of uncertainty after the bill passed the legislature in June and making New York the second state to enact a statute specifically focused on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) safety and transparency. Sponsored by Assemblymember Bores (D) […]

[…] frontier developers. Frontier AI Framework: Large frontier developers must annually publish a Frontier AI Framework describing their governance structures, risk assessment thresholds, mitigation strategies, cybersecurity practices, and alignment with national or international standards. The framework must also address catastrophic risk arising from internal model use. Limited redactions are permitted to protect trade secrets, cybersecurity, […]

This year, FPF continued to broaden its footprint across priority areas of data governance, further expanding activities across a range of cross-sector topics, including AI, Youth, Conflict of Laws, AgeTech (seniors), and Cyber-Security.  We have engaged extensively at the local level and national level in the United States, and we are increasingly active in every […]