![Confidential 273535751](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/confidential_273535751.jpg)
Travis LeBlanc on the FCC's New Privacy Role
At today’s FCBA brown bag lunch, FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc discussed the Commission’s recent entrance into privacy enforcement and fielded questions as to what companies might do to avoid running afoul of the Enforcement Bureau. LeBlanc emphasized the innovation continues to outpace regulators, noting that much of the Commission’s investigative and enforcement work […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
Public Perceptions on Privacy
Today’s new report by the Pew Research Center gives the lie to the notion that privacy is unimportant to the average American. Instead, the big take away is that individuals feel like they lack any control over their personal information. These feelings are directed at the public and private sector alike, and suggest a profound […]
![Studentprivacypledge Collage](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/StudentPrivacyPledge-collage.jpg)
K-12 Student Privacy Pledge Announced
Today Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) provided the following press release. Additional FPF Resources and Publications on this topic are listed …
![Bits Data 237130531](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bits-data_237130531.jpg)
FTC Wants Tools to Increase Transparency and Trust in Big Data
However we want to define “Big Data” – and the FTC’s latest workshop on the subject suggests a consensus definition remains elusive – the path forward seems to call for more transparency and the establishment of firmer frameworks on the use of data. As Chairwoman Ramirez suggested in her opening remarks, Big Data calls for […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
De-Identification: A Critical Debate
Ann Cavoukian and Dan Castro recently published a report titled Big Data and Innovation, Setting the Record Straight: De-Identification Does Work. Arvind Narayanan and Edward Felten wrote a critique of this report, which they highlighted on Freedom to Tinker. Today Khaled El Emam and Luk Arbuckle respond on the FPF blog with this guest post. […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
FPF list of Federal Anti-discrimination laws
Civil rights groups have recently highlighted the importance of respecting civil rights in this era of “big data” . The White House has echoed these concerns in its Big Data Privacy Review. As supporters of the benefits of responsible data use, we thought it would be helpful to companies and advocates to have a convenient list of existing […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
White House/MIT Big Data Privacy Workshop Recap
Speaking for everyone snowed-in in DC, White House Counselor John Podesta remarked that “big snow trumped big data,” while on the phone to open the first of the Obama Administration’s three big data and privacy workshops. This first workshop focused on advancing the “start of the art” in technology and practice. While these workshops are ultimately the […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
Commerce Privacy Specialist Josh Harris Joins Future of Privacy Forum as Policy Director
Commerce Privacy Specialist Josh Harris Joins Future of Privacy Forum as Policy Director Washington, DC, January 14, 2014 — The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, DC-based think tank advancing responsible data use and consumer privacy, today announced that former Department of Commerce staffer Josh Harris has joined FPF as its Policy Director. In this role, […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
FPF Responds to European Commission Report on US-EU Safe Harbor and Finds Criticisms Misplaced
For immediate release, November 27, 2013 Future of Privacy Forum Responds to European Commission Report on US-EU Safe Harbor and Finds Criticisms Misplaced Washington, D.C. November 27, 2013 – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a think tank focused on advancing personal privacy, responded to the European Commission statements on the US-EU Safe Harbor program […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
Is "Compromise" a Dirty Word?
Policy making used to be about consensus and compromise. Once upon a time, if you convened a diverse group of participants, each with different interests and sensitivities, and came to an agreed upon understanding, you could declare victory. Imagine the group that came to this agreement consisted of entities ranging from civil liberties groups to […]