Chris Wolf Participates in ITU Telecom World in Geneva
FPF’s Chris Wolf is currently participating in the International Telecommunications Union’s Telecom World in Geneva. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is part of the United Nations and handles issues in information and communications technology. Chris is on a panel discussing cybersecurity challenges and was also invited to submit his paper The Role of Government in Commercial […]
Special Guest Post by Robert Ellis Smith
We loved this article by Robert Ellis Smith, noted privacy expert and publisher, Privacy Journal, and republish it here with his permission. Privacy Journal offers our readers a beginning rate of $65 for the next year, a 50 percent discount. The newsletter is available in hard copy by U.S. mail or pdf by email. Please place […]
FPF Releases Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Journal
To view “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” Journal, click here. Future of Privacy Forum Releases New Journal: “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” Journal Highlights Leading Privacy Writings for Hill and Agencies To Consider When Addressing Privacy Concerns WASHINGTON – Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released a new journal entitled Privacy Papers for Policy […]
Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Event
For those of you who are unable to join us in person for the announcement of the leading “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers,” we have extended the following two options: To view the “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” event live, click here: http://www.law.gwu.edu/News/Videos/Pages/Privacy.aspx This event will be available for viewing on September 15 from 8 […]
Leading Privacy Experts Join the FPF Advisory Board
FPF is fortunate and honored to have many of the leading minds from the business, academic and advocacy worlds among our Advisory Board members, and with the addition of the following six new members, our Board will become even more enriching. We thank them for joining and look forward to their counsel: James Byrne is […]
Ensuring that We Leave Children Behind
This guest post from FPF Advisory Board member Professor Danielle Citron is cross-posted with Concurringopinions.com, one of the top legal blogs. Check out Concurringopinions.com for regular legal and policy from top privacy scholars, including among others FPF Advisory Board members Daniel Solove, Frank Pasquale and Danielle Citron. Ensuring that We Leave Children Behind October 29, […]
Future of Privacy Forum Announces Partnership with The George Washington University Law School
Privacy Scholars to Partner with Think Tank to Focus on the Future of Privacy Law and Policy WASHINGTON, October 8, 2009 – The Washington-based think tank The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and The George Washington University Law School (GW Law) announce a unique partnership to advance programs focused on the future of privacy law […]
Zittrain and Cloud Computing
Our friend Jonathan Zittrain’s piece in today’s New York Times entitled “Lost in the Cloud”, raises pertinent and important privacy and competition issues about cloud computing. His main focus is on the concerns for individuals and the ability of companies to innovate if they are subject to the guidelines of the cloud operators. The great […]
International Association of Privacy Professionals Privacy Summit 09 – March 11 – 13, 2009
International Association of Privacy Professionals Privacy Summit 09
March 11-13, 2009
Washington, DC
http://www.privacysummit.org/
Data Security Breach Laws Remain the Province of the States
With 44 states and the District of Columbia having breach notification laws on the books, California — the first state in the nation to enact such a law — is proposing to amend its law (SB. 20) to require notification of breaches to the attorney general (a requirement contained in many other states’ laws), and […]