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FPF-GW Law Event April 12: "While Legislation Gets Mulled, Privacy Law Gets Made”
The Future of Privacy Forum invites you to another in the series of programs presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Law School “While Legislation Gets Mulled, Privacy Law Gets Made” When: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Time: 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Where: The George Washington University Law School Faculty Conference Center, 5th […]
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FPF Response to New York Times Editorial on Privacy Legislation
Letter to the Editor The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 We agree with your editorial “A New Internet Privacy Law?” (3/19/11) that minimum standards of privacy are needed. But your reflexive call for a “Do Not Track” provision in whatever law emerges ignores important facts. A technology solution already has […]
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Screen Shot of the new Firefox Do Not track option
Tip to Chris Soghoian for flagging the screenshot of the Do Not track consumer preference in the browser settings. Check it out here.
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Breaking News: Firefox 'Do Not Track' Advances
Future of Privacy Forum comments on Firefox’s plans to implement a Do Not track feature in Firefox 4: “Firefox is advancing the “Do Not Track” concept by providing a simpler and more effective way to opt-out of behavioral ads, but in a way that is likely to allow most ad networks to continue to deliver […]
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Dec. 7, 2010 – Microsoft, Spurred by Privacy Concerns, Introduces Tracking Protection to Its Browser, NY Times
Jules Polonetsky, the co-chairman and director of the Future of Privacy Forum, said users would most likely decide to use lists published by Web sites they trusted instead of creating their own, adding that most people would likely ignore the option all together. “The average user is not going to have a list of 500 […]
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"Do Not Track" – Update
Some Background Notes on Do Not Track – in Advance of the Future of Privacy Panel and the Energy and Commerce Hearing Today’s Wall Street Journal article by Julia Angwin focuses on the upcoming “Do Not Track” events taking place this week, including the FPF program on Wednesday, and provides some background on recent developments. […]
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Do Not Track Resources
Proposal from the advocates http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/ConsumerProtections_FTC_ConsensusDoc_Final_s.pdf Comments of the FTC Chairman http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/07/ftc-weighs-do-not-track-list.php Commissioner Brill http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ddba4e6e-ba99-409a-ac48-2e822776e32a Senator Pryor http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101001_6529.php PrivacyChoice http://privacychoice.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/do-not-track-in-browser-headers-six-concerns/ Arvind Narayanan and Jonathan Mayer, Stanford http://donottrack.us/ Harlan Yu, Princeton http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/harlanyu/do-not-track-not-simple-it-sounds ITIF http://www.itif.org/files/2010-do-not-track.pdf Please let us know if we are missing anything else useful!
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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 […]
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"HTTP Everywhere" Browser Security – A Step In the Right Direction
The following piece is a guest blog from Mark Goldstein, CIPP. Goldstein is a privacy/security consultant and previously served as a senior director in AOL’s consumer advocacy and privacy department. Most consumers are aware that they should look for the “padlock” icon on their browser when visiting their online bank. The “padlock” tells the consumer […]
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FPF's Comments in Response to Department of Commerce Privacy NOI
The Department of Commerce is examining the nexus between privacy and innovation in the Internet economy, as reflected in its recent Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to which the Future of Privacy Forum submitted this document. After detailing the importance of privacy to the success of the Internet economy, our submission provides examples of innovations in […]