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The Student Privacy Pledge is a public and legally enforceable statement by edtech companies to safeguard student privacy, built around a dozen privacy commitments regarding the collection, maintenance, use, and sharing of student personal information. Since it was introduced in 2014 by the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Software and Information Industry Association, […]

[…] emergency, over the past few months state legislatures in the United States have diverted their resources towards establishing state and local reopening plans, allocating federal aid, and promoting public trust and public participation by addressing concerns over privacy and civil liberties.  Many states have introduced bills which would govern collection, use, and sharing of […]

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[…] the data they collect, and ensure that any secondary or downstream uses of data are not unexpected or discriminatory (even if such uses ensure an app is free to use).  What do you see happening over the next few years in ad-tech? Over the past few years, we’ve seen the GDPR have a very […]

The European Commission published a Communication on its mandated two-year evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on June 24, 2020 in which it discusses as a future policy development “the possible harmonisation of the age of children consent in relation to information society services.” Notably, harmonizing the age of consent for children across […]

[…] there is no immediate solution to provide an alternative lawful mechanism for transfers. The other options provided by the GDPR, like Binding Corporate Rules, certification mechanisms and Codes of Conduct (CoC) take a long time to be approved by Data Protection Authorities and very few are in place (particularly BCRs; there are currently no […]

Law and legislation take the lead in setting standards for protecting personal data, but the policies and norms established by companies also play a central role. This has been the case particularly for global platforms providing the services used by billions in the course of daily life. Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) previewed a […]

Notes from FPF In this edition of the “Privacy Scholarship Reporter”, we build on the general knowledge from the first two and then explore some of the technical research being conducted to achieve ethical and privacy goals.  “Is it possible to preserve privacy in the age of AI?”, is a provocative question asked by academic […]

[…] continues to grow between technology companies and the consumers whose data drives the profits of these companies. Consumers are also becoming more aware of the fact that free online services come at a cost to their privacy, where the modern adage has become that consumers are not the recipients of free online services but […]

[…] reframe and reshape our corporate cultures; we have to be more than allies, but partners in liberation, fairness and equity for all. Now, I believe deeply in free speech. When I became a Marine, I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. I would fight and die to protect 1st Amendment speech I […]