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[…] GENDER IDENTITY INFORMATION | JUNE 2022 5 incarceration, disruption of employment, and public shaming. In addition, laws that prohibited or criminal- ized cross dressing (wearing clothes not typically as- sociated with one’s perceived sex) “…became a flexi- ble tool for police to enforce normative gender on multiple gender identities, including masculine wom- en and […]

[…] BCI devices can be either invasive or non-invasive. Invasive BCIs are installed directly into—or on top of—the wearer’s brain through a surgical procedure. Today, invasive BCIs are typically used in the health context. Non-invasive BCIs rely on external elec- trodes and other sensors or equipment connected to or monitoring the body for collecting and […]

[…] access t o consumer genetic data from time to time, but require that companies only provide access to such information whe n required by law. Legal requirements typically ensure that requests are vetted by an indepe ndent judge, particularized, and supported by probable cause. Now, two years after the publication of FPF’s Best Practices, […]

[…] by design, among others. Supporters of the Best Practices include: Ancestry, 23andMe, Helix, MyHeritage, Habit, African Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA,* and Living DNA. The Association for Molecular Pathology ( AMP), the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, recently revised its official position for all consumer genomic testing. Among other conditions, AMP will support consumer genetic testing […]

[…] 5 year ban (or any other ban) on ed tech vendors for FERPA concerns? Answer: No. (Sara Kloek, Department of Education) Answer: At the Student Privacy Bootc amp FPF just did, the Department of Ed mentioned that they have been focused on releasing extensive technical assistance to SEAs/LEAs/vendors, but are now turning to enforcement […]

NEAR -FINAL DRAFT (PAGINATION WILL CHAN GE) 101 FACEBOOK M EETS THE NLRB: EMPLOYEE O NLINE C OMMUNICATIONS AND U NFAIR LABOR PRACTICES Robert Sprague ABSTRACT In the past eighteen months, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB “) has received approximately one hundred charges from employees that were disciplined or fired as a result of […]

[…] a higher education tab to the site. Do you have content that you think should be on FERPA|Sherpa? Email us so we can share it.  Bootc amps – FPF plans to hold more student privacy bootcamps in 2017, including not only our K-12 vendor bootcamp, but also a higher ed bootcamp and a […]

[…] This principle is embodie d by leading crash avoidance software used by some drones . Whether drones are piloted by humans or fly ing autonomously , they typically use “sense and avoid ” technology – software that help s drones automatically detect objects and navigate around them safely. Sense and avoid systems typically rely […]

[…] of information where it would be against the best interest of society to permit the free trade thereof. For example, the relationship between doctors and patients is typica lly viewed as sacrosanct. We thus suggest that personal health information is one category of information that service providers outside this circle would not be able […]

[…] customers .44 Government enforcers (e.g., the Federal Trade Commiss ion, State Attorneys General and international Data Protection Agencies) usually face fewer conflicts -of-interest, 45 but government agencies typica lly bring enforcement actions only in egregious situations or for its precedent value .46 Implications . In the end, almost every ex post mechanism to enforce […]