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GSMA Research Shows Mobile Users Rank Privacy an Important Concern
An extensive GSMA study of over 4,000 mobile phone users in Singapore, Spain, and the UK reveals that most users are concerned about sharing personal information when using mobile applications and Internet. Privacy concerns were shown to hinder user interaction with such apps and services, but research also illustrates the significant value users place this […]
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EPIC Honors Wall Street Journal for “What They Know” Series
Earlier this week, FPF’s Co-Chair Christopher Wolf, had the pleasure of honoring The Wall Street Journal for its “What They Know” series, on behalf of EPIC at a special event in Washington, D.C. His remarks from that celebration are featured below: I am pleased to serve on EPIC’s Advisory Board and pleased to have been […]
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Privacy Papers for Policy Makers 2011
PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICY MAKERS 2011 The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit papers to be considered for FPF’s second edition of “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers.” Special thanks to our Policy Papers for Policy Makers Sponsors: AT&T | Microsoft PURPOSE • To […]
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FPF Finds Nearly Three-Quarters of Most Downloaded Mobile Apps Lack A Privacy Policy
Earlier this week in the US Senate, the Privacy, Technology and Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mobile privacy issues. One focus of the hearing was the privacy of personal information collected and used by Apps on mobile devices, and one line of questioning concerned the absence of privacy policies for Apps […]
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FPF Response to New York Times Editorial on Privacy Legislation
Letter to the Editor The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 We agree with your editorial “A New Internet Privacy Law?” (3/19/11) that minimum standards of privacy are needed. But your reflexive call for a “Do Not Track” provision in whatever law emerges ignores important facts. A technology solution already has […]
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"Do Not Track" – Update
Some Background Notes on Do Not Track – in Advance of the Future of Privacy Panel and the Energy and Commerce Hearing Today’s Wall Street Journal article by Julia Angwin focuses on the upcoming “Do Not Track” events taking place this week, including the FPF program on Wednesday, and provides some background on recent developments. […]
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Privacy Papers for Policy Makers
The Future of Privacy Forum is calling on academics and thinkers with an interest in privacy issues for their involvement in “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers.” PURPOSE • To highlight important research and analytical work on a variety of privacy topics, and to ensure policy makers are informed of the most influential scholarship as they address privacy issues. • […]
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The Future of Privacy Forum Announces New Publication: “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers: The Future of Privacy Forum Annual Review”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) co-chairs announced a new competition-based project that is entitled: “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers.” This new publication is made possible in part by the generous support of LexisNexis, AT&T and others. The goal of this endeavor is to highlight important research and analytical work on a […]
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A Welcome Call for ECPA Reform
A lot has changed technologically, and otherwise, since the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was enacted in 1986. In addition, the law has never been a model of clarity. I litigated a case under ECPA in the late-90’s, McVeigh v. Cohen, representing an individual against the government when the Navy violated ECPA by obtaining online […]
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Ubiquitous Biometrics
Guest Post from privacy expert Kathy Harman-Stokes Speakers at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2010 Biometrics Conference emphasized the value of “ubiquitous biometrics.” For biometrics to become ubiquitous, one speaker said biometrics should be widely used for facilities access, by employers for time and attendance recording of employees, and customer identification for various transactions, […]