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[…] simply turning to privacy tech vendors to overcome complexities with compliance and regulation; they are now mapping out ROI-focused data strategies that view privacy as a key commercial differentiator. In terms of market maturity, the report highlights a need to overcome ambiguities surrounding new privacy tech terminology, as well as discrepancies in the mapping […]

[…] consumer privacy laws, as well as some elements unique to Colorado. The law is the first in the U.S. to apply to non-profit entities in addition to commercial entities. It contains a strong consent standard to process personal data for incompatible secondary uses and to process sensitive data such as health information, race, ethnicity, […]

[…] business’ regulatory compliance strategy. Meanwhile, emerging techniques like differential privacy, used to assess mathematical guarantees of disclosure control for a particular privacy mod – el, are becoming commercialized as well. Venture capital firms are investing in the privacy sector, 14 encapsulating a global trend that follows a market demand for privacy technologies driven by […]

[…] liberty and individuality, is a touchstone of American democracy and a generally accepted, yet amorphous, global right. A combination of forces from the government, an intrusive society, commercial interests, and segments of the press are, in effect, crushing the individual’s right to be let alone. If they were con­ cerned about an intrusive world […]

[…] call upon Congress to intervene in the online marketplace by enacting comprehensive privacy legislation. Under this enforcement model of regulation, Congress would define substantive privacy requirements for commercial firms based on FIPPs and grant the F TC both regulatory and enforcement powers. The opposing sides in the privacy debate tend to treat self-regulation and […]

[…] party tracking of online activities using law enforcement or national security powers. 60 In addition, government may use legal process to access online tracking information collected by commercial entities including websites and ISPs. 61 Google has recently posted a map reporting the number of government requests i t %3A+out -law -New sRoundUP+%28OUT -LAW+News -RoundUP%29 […]

[…] to re -identify approximately 15,000 patient records that had been de -identified under the standards of the Health Insur ance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). They used commercial data sources to re -identify the data and were able to identify only .013% of the individuals. 17 When data sets are anonymized properly, re -identification […]

[…] This article support s the creation of a Privacy Policy Office in the executive branch, as called for in the recent Department of Commerce green paper, ” Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework .”1 The chief criticism of this proposal is that the office would weaken privacy […]

[…] and consumer advocacy. 1 FPF thanks the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for providing this opportunity to comment on its process for developing best practices around commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS ). FPF supports NTIA’s continued efforts to facilitate the development and advancement of responsible data practices through multistakeholder […]

[…] an  exciting  new  marketplace  f or  consumers.  .  .  .  This  information-rich  medium  also  serves  as  a  source  of  vast  amounts  of  personal   information  about  consumers.  Commercial  Web  sites  collect  personal  information  explicitly  through  a  v ariety  of  means,  including  registration  pages,  user  surveys,  and  online  contests,  application  forms,  an d  order  forms.  […]