The Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship
FPF launched a new fellowship in memory of Elise Berkower. Elise was a senior privacy executive at global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen for nearly a decade and was a valued, longtime member of the FPF Advisory Board. FPF graciously acknowledges the Berkower Family and the Nielsen Foundation as founding sponsors of the Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship.
Future of Privacy Forum Launches Fellowship in Memory of Privacy Hero Elise Berkower
Washington, DC – Today, the Future of Privacy Forum announced the launch of a new fellowship in memory of Elise Berkower. Elise was a senior privacy executive at global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen for nearly a decade and was a valued, longtime member of the FPF Advisory Board. FPF graciously acknowledges the Berkower Family and the Nielsen Foundation as founding sponsors of the Elise Berkower Memorial Fellowship.
The Top 10: Student Privacy News (October-November 2017)
The Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers. Approximately every month, we post “The Top 10,” a blog with our top student privacy stories.
The Top 10: Student Privacy News (July – August 2017)
The Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers. Approximately every month, we post “The Top 10,” a blog with our top student privacy stories. This blog is cross-posted at www.ferpasherpa.org.
Location Controls in iOS 11 Highlight the Role of Platforms
From Pokémon Go, to the geo-targeting of abortion clinics, to state legislative efforts, the last year has seen significant attention paid to the many ways our apps use and often share location data. In the midst of this heightened awareness of geo-location privacy, iPhone users and app developers may notice a difference this Fall, when Apple will be releasing updates to iOS 11 that will increase users’ control over how their geo-location may be collected and used. The changes highlight the ongoing importance—and legal implications—of platform settings for consumer privacy.
ePrivacy Reg
The Council published a full text of the ePrivacy draft Regulation, as it stands right now. Be aware that this is not the final version adopted by the Council, but only the current version being discussed. The Register published an interview with Birgit Sippel, the MEP Rapporteur for the ePrivacy Regulation, where she criticizes the […]
GDPR
Guidance (see also the Article 29 Working Party/EDPB page) ICO seeks comments from stakeholders following the publication of draft guidance on children and GDPR. The FPF published a Chart of Potential Harms from Automated Decision-Making, which is a very useful tool to identify potential risks of processing of personal data for those who are conducting […]
Case-law (CJEU, ECHR, national courts)
CJEU The CJEU decided in Case C-434/16 Nowak that the written answers to a test, as well as the examiner’s comments on those answers, are personal data of the person who takes the test. However, the questions of the test are not personal data (this may result in a situation where a person receives a […]
"Your Phone May Be Tracking Your Every Move; Here's How to Stop It"
During the International Association of Privacy Professional’s Global Privacy Summit 2017, FPF’s CEO, Jules Polonetsky, took a moment to speak with NBC 4 Los Angeles about the privacy implications of granting apps permission to track your location.
Privacy Scholarship Research Reporter: Issue 1, May 2017 – Algorithms: Privacy Risk and Accountability
Notes from FPF Through academic, policy, and industry circles, making progress on the cluster of issues related to algorithmic accountability has become a leading priority. The inaugural issue of the Future of Privacy Forum’s Privacy Scholarship Reporter provides a clear and compelling look into some of the most worrisome problems and promising solutions. Although not […]