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[…] making these best practices available to drivers in their app and website.  Many ride-hail drivers use dashcams in their cars, and the guidance and best practices published today provide practical guidance to help drivers implement privacy protections. But driver guidance is only one aspect of ensuring individuals’ privacy and security when traveling. Dashcam manufacturers […]

[…] a common approach of DPAs on this issue: “it is essential that European regulators have a common interpretation of the rules”, since data protection law “intends to promote the internal market”.  In the end, the DPAs are applying findings from a judgment made by the CJEU, which has ultimate authority in the interpretation of […]

[…] and then shared or sold to another. While data collection can offer benefits to both you and businesses – like connecting with friends, getting directions, or sales promotions – it can also be used in ways that are intrusive – unless you take control. There are many ways you can protect your personal data […]

This post is the first in a four-part series on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs), providing an overview of the technology, use cases, privacy risks, and proposed recommendations for promoting privacy and mitigating risks associated with BCIs. Click here for FPF and IBM’s full report: Privacy and the Connected Mind. Additionally, FPF-curated resources, including policy & […]

[…] February 10, 2022.  Register for the virtual event The winners of the 2022 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award are: Privacy Harms, by Danielle Keats Citron, University of Virginia School of Law; and Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School This paper looks at how courts define harm in cases involving privacy violations and […]

[…] data. We also discussed evaluating research projects in light of public interest expectations. There was widespread agreement that data sharing is vital for various reasons, such as promoting the next generation of scientific breakthroughs and holding companies publicly accountable. On the other hand, there was disagreement on ensuring that data is available for research […]

[…] discussed during the first annual Dublin Privacy Symposium, which was hosted by FPF. In collaboration with the IBM Policy Lab, FPF released a set of recommendations to promote privacy and mitigate risks associated with brain-computer interfaces. The report provides developers and policymakers with actionable ways this technology can be implemented while protecting the privacy […]

Today, Future of Privacy Forum Senior Counsel Stacey Gray testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth regarding consumer privacy in the technology sector. Stacey’s testimony explains that the term “data brokers” typically encompasses a wide variety of companies and business practices that use personal information for different […]

[…] Even where adequacy is not expressly recognized as a ground for transfers, like in China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the State still has an obligation to promote “mutual recognition of personal information protection rules, standards etc. with other countries, regions and international organizations”, as laid down in Article 12 of the PIPL. However, […]

[…] on context and reasonable use. Ensure opportunities for socially beneficial commercial research using sensitive personal information. Clarify the role of global opt-out signals in the context of today’s labyrinth of existing permission frameworks, including in authenticated and non-authenticated platforms. Establish an open process for authoritative approval of new global opt-out signals that meet the […]