The Re-identification of Governor Weld's Medical Information – Daniel Barth-Jones
Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2076397 [June 18, 2012 Version] Pre-Publication Draft – Working Paper The “Re-identification” of Governor William Weld’s Medical Information: A Critical Re-examination of Health Data Identification Risks and Privacy Protections, Then and Now Author: Daniel C. Barth-Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, […]
Facebook Meets the NLRB: Employee Online Communications and Unfair Labor Practices
Robert Sprague
FPF In Review 2012
The Future of Privacy Forum News in Review FPF Quick Clips “Even Without Legislation, Privacy Will Be a Hot Issue in 2012” Jules Polonetsky, Omer Tene and Christopher Wolf, Nation al Journal, January 5, 2012 “Privacy concerns and technological change: the legislative option” Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf, The Hill’s Congress Blog, January 31, 2012 […]
App Developers Privacy Summit
Register Now! App Developer Privacy Summit April 25, 2012 | Palo Alto, CA *Event sponsorships still available! To learn more and to register, visit http://appdevsummit.eventbrite.com/ Mobile apps and the services they provide have been one of the most exciting areas of innovation in recent years. Many of these new services have been successful because they […]
FPF Asks NTIA to Focus on "App Privacy"
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today filed its suggestion with the NTIA that a first area that the Multi-Stakeholder Process should address is mobile device applications. In February, the White House announced a privacy initiative through which enforceable industry codes of conduct would emerge from a Multi-Stakeholder Process, and it requested input from interested […]
W3C Work Group Releases “Do Not Track” Draft Documents
Yesterday, the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Tracking Protection Working Group released the first public working drafts of a proposed “Do Not Track” (DNT) standard. According to the W3C’s press release, the group seeks to find the appropriate balance to “address both the privacy concerns of users and regulators, and the business models of the […]
Future of Privacy Summary of California Public Utilities Commission Proposed Decision on Smart Grid Privacy and Security
Future of Privacy Summary of California Public Utilities Commission Proposed Decision on Smart Grid Privacy and Security May 9, 2011 On May 6th, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision by CPUC President Peevey addressing smart grid privacy and security. The CPUC proposed decision presents the most significant step yet in […]
Age Verification for Our Children: A Report on Tools and Resources Available for Safegaurding the First Generation of Digital Natives
Online Age Verification for Our Children A Report on the Tools and Resources Available for Safeguarding the First Generation of Digital Na tives Jules Polonetsky 2 Online Age Verification for Our Children A Report on the Tools and Resources Available for Safeguarding the […]
Age Verification for Children: A Survey of Resources and Tools
Age Verification for Children: A Survey of Tools and Resources Jules Polonetsky Self Verification The site asks the user to input their birth date in a neutral way, 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. Peer-Based Verification […]