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Lessons from Fair Lending Law for Fair Marketing and Big Data Where discrimination presents a real threat, big data need not necessary lead us to a new frontier. Existing laws, including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and other fair lending laws, provide a number of protections that are relevant when big data is used […]

[…] US-EU Safe Harbor Agreement and the relationship between privacy and intellectual property. Prior to joining FPF, Joe worked at Public Knowledge, the Library of Congress, The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In addition, Joe currently also works as an Associate for TeachPrivacy, an online training and compliance […]

[…] of parallel activities. It noted the app best practices guidelines and model app privacy policies already have been produced by the GSMA (representing mobile operators, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (“EFF”), the Center for Democracy and Technology (“CDT”), the Future of Privacy Forum and the Mobile Marketing Association (“MMA”), which provide a substantive starting point […]

[…] Mozilla, Opera, Stanford University, The Center of Democracy and Technology, The Nielsen Company, TRUSTe, W3C, and Yahoo!. Also participating as invited experts, are representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Watchdog, the German Independent Center for Privacy Protection (ULD), and Leiden University. “We are confident that this multi-stakeholder […]

Wednesday, June 15 at Computers Freedom and Privacy (CFP), three Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) Advisory Board members took the stage during a discussion about “ Frontiers in Privacy.” Advisory Board member Professor Annie Anton moderated a discussion between Professors Peter Swire and Daniel Solove. The discussion was fast-paced and covered six topics–each getting […]

[…] Auditing.   The PUC’s proposed rules draw heavily from suggested rules presented to the PUC last year by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with some modifications. 1.         Definitions There are 5 primary defined terms used throughout the proposed rules whose meaning is important to the rules’ […]

Today, Jules is in Madrid presenting at “Privacy by Design: The Definitive Workshop” on privacy issues and the Smart Grid. While upgrading our power system by introducing two-way data flows could lead to a cleaner environment, reduced power costs, and more reliable utility service, there are data privacy issues that must be addressed if consumers […]

[…] that systematic access to users profile for the purpose of an employment background check is not a permitted use of the service? The folks at the Electronic Frontier Foundation tell Ars Technica it may be illegal for many other reasons as well. “I think its indefensibly invasive and likely illegal as a violation of […]

[…] new members to our advisory board, which includes leading figures from industry, academia, law and advocacy groups.  Today we welcome Marcia Hofmann, staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Danielle Citron, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law.  Ms. Hofmann focuses on government transparency, civil liberties, […]

[…] Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School Scott Goss, Senior Privacy Counsel, Qualcomm David Hoffman, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer, Intel Marcia Hoffman, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation Andy Holleman, Chief Privacy Officer, Qwest Communications Chris Hoofnagle, Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology’s information privacy programs and senior fellow to the Samuelson […]