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[…] the primary way to interact with devices enables companies to collect, store and analyze increasing amounts of personal data. But consumers don’t always understand when and in what ways these devices are actually collecting information. Additional Resources Read the full op-ed in Re/ code Read the article in CheatSheet Read the press release Download paper

[…] The use of low-powered beacons has spread slowly and steadily – in stores, museums, airports or other spaces that set up a device that broadcasts a unique code. If your phone has Bluetooth turned on and you download the particular app for that location, and then you allow permission to use Bluetooth and location, […]

Recently, a number of bills have been proposed at both federal and state levels aimed at protecting student data privacy. Laws, codes of conduct, better contracts …

[…] Jules Polonetsky. The need for transparent privacy policies in the field of mobile location analytics was the genesis behind the development of FPF’s Mobile Location Analytics “ Code of Conduct”. Signatories of this binding set of privacy principles must provide consumer with clear opt-out options for tracking by MAC address or similar identifiers. Consumers […]

[…] want – and risks they’re willing to tolerate. Better, more individualized control obviously doesn’t resolve collective privacy challenges, but it is one option to look at alongside codes of conduct, traditional benefit-risk assessments, and review mechanisms. Until we can find a better way to measure and analyze the societal value of privacy, this multi-pronged […]

[…] company creates risk to consumers without countervailing benefit.  We hope the Administration’s soon to be released Consumer Bill of Rights charts options that can frame the parameters for out of context uses or data retention, by looking to codes of conduct and consumer subject review boards. -Jules Polonetsky & Christopher Wolf, Future of Privacy Forum

    The Pledge Is A Strong Means Of Protection For Student Personal Information Supporters include Microsoft, Apple, Amplify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Edmodo, Lifetouch, Knewton, Code.org, Shutterfly, Clever, eScholar, Class Dojo, DreamBox Learning Washington, D.C. – Monday, January 12, 2015 – President Obama today strongly endorsed the Student Privacy Pledge, calling for more companies […]

[…] suggest companies respect the context of data collection, be transparent about how they use consumers’ personal information, provide reasonable individual access to data, and help develop binding codes of conduct for wearables. 2015 may be the year that wearables go mainstream, both for consumers and for privacy professionals and policymakers. While companies continue to […]

[…] is being proposed now. “What we’re talking about now is forcing an architecture used by hundreds of millions of consumers that would preclude devices from running arbitrary code,” he argued. Stepanovich returned to Cordero’s point that device encryption could prove costly to law enforcement. She noted that “tech has trended the other way.” Instead, […]

Today, Re/ code ran an essay by Chris Wolf and Jules Polonetsky, marking the five year signing of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The two discussed big data’s ability to put the “heat on hate,” concluding that while “hese are still the early days of development for big data and civil rights . . . it […]