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[…] actionable resources for different audiences. The Student Privacy Pledge has been one of our most successful projects. Co-founded with SIIA, the Pledge is a Federal Trade Commission-enforceable code of conduct for edtech vendors. Now with nearly 330 companies as signatories, the Pledge was designed to both raise awareness of best practices and facilitate their […]

[…] must respect the user’s permission settings and not attempt to manipulate, trick, or force people to consent to unnecessary data access. (5.1.1) New language in the Developer Code of Conduct states: “Customer trust is the cornerstone of the App Store’s success. Apps should never prey on users or attempt to rip-off customers, trick them […]

[…] safeguards, as it considers options to improve school safety; Support efforts to better educate and communicate with stakeholders regarding existing legal authorities that permit data sharing to promote health and safety within a framework that mitigates privacy risks to students; and Call for neutral, expert analysis of empirical data regarding the nature, extent, and […]

[…] media users with political ads remains an ongoing issue today.”  Although GDPR does capture the activity of political actors in Europe, guidance in the form of a Code of Conduct for political advertisers would be welcome, according to a new opinion from the European Data Protection Supervisor. How can we support more legitimate research […]

[…] a “black box” that is inevitably plagued by bias and potential injustice. While recognizing that algorithms are man-made artifacts, written and edited by humans in order to code decision-making processes, the article argues that a distinction should be drawn between “policy-neutral algorithms,” which lack an active editorial hand, and “policy-directed algorithms,” which are intentionally framed […]

[…] “his school to let him wear a device that records his day, but the district says that would violate the privacy of other students.” In related news, a Virginia mom was “charged for putting recording device in daughter’s backpack to catch bullies.” Virginia has introduced a few bills after a progressive political group “filed FOIA […]

[…] Deletion Advertising using Smart TV Data is a Nascent, but Growing Industry Conclusions   What Makes a TV “Smart?” Smart TVs – or, as they are often promoted, “intelligent TVs,” are TVs that connect to the Internet to allow users to access streaming video services (such as Netflix or Hulu), other online media or […]

[…] regarding the ePrivacy Regulation and the implementation of the GDPR to ensure better protection against physical tracking? Can self-regulation initiatives such as the Future of Privacy Forum code of conduct help improve the situation? Privacy engineering, lingua franca for transatlantic privacy Wednesday, January 24, 11.45, La Cave The Future of Privacy Forum is organizing […]

The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) released its 2018 Code of Conduct yesterday, consolidating the rules for online and mobile behavioral advertising (interest-based advertising). NAI, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, is the leading self-regulatory association for digital advertising, with over 100 members and a formalized internal review mechanism.

[…] within the tech sector.” A progressive political group “filed FOIA requests seeking the publicly available student directories to get student cell phone numbers at every one of Virginia’s 39 public colleges. Of those, 18 schools, including Tech and Radford, complied.” This will lead to legislation banning directory information disclosures for this purpose next spring. […]