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Before the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20580 COMMENTS of the FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM on the CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION RULE Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking COPPA Rule Review, 16 CFR Part 312 Project No. P104503 September 24, 2012 Jules Polonetsky Christopher Wolf Co -Chair and Director, Co- Chair and Founder, Future of Privacy […]

Future of Privacy Forum  919 18 th Street, NW, Suite 9 01  Washington, DC 20006 www.futureofprivacy.org April 5, 2013 Marc Groman Network Advertising Initiative 1634 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, D.C. 20006 Re: Public Comments, March 2013 Draft Code of Conduct Dear Marc: The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a think […]

!!1!Big$Data$for$All:$Privacy$and$User$Control$in$the$Age$of$Analytics$Omer%Tene1%and%Jules%Polonetsky2%$Abstract!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!2!Introduction!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!2!Big!Data:!Big!Benefits!……………………………………………………………………………………………………….!6!Healthcare!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!7!Mobile!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Smart!grid!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!10!Traffic!management!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Retail!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!11!Payments!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!12!Online!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!12!Big!Data:!Big!Concerns!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Incremental!effect!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Automated!decisionHmaking!………………………………………………………………………………………..!14!Predictive!analysis!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!15!Lack!of!Access!and!Exclusion!………………………………………………………………………………………..!17!The!Ethics!of!Analytics:!Drawing!the!Line!………………………………………………………………………!18!Chilling!Effect!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!18!The!Legal!Framework:!Challenges!…………………………………………………………………………………….!18!Definition!of!PII!………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!Associate!Professor,!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law,!Israel;!Senior!Fellow,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum;!Visiting!Researcher,!Berkeley!Center!for!Law!and!Technology;!Affiliate!Scholar,!Stanford!Center!for!Internet!and!Society.!I!would!like!to!thank!the!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law!research!fund!and!the!College!of!Management!Academic!Studies!research!grant!for!supporting!research!for!this!article.!!2!CoHchair!and!Director,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum.!! !!2!Data!Minimization!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!22!Individual!Control!and!Context!…………………………………………………………………………………….!23!The!Legal!Framework:!Solutions!………………………………………………………………………………………!25!Access,!Portability,!and!Sharing!the!Wealth!…………………………………………………………………..!26!Enhanced!Transparency:!Shining!the!Light!…………………………………………………………………….!33!Conclusion!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!35!!!Abstract$We!live!in!an!age!of!”big!data”.!Data!have!become!the!raw!material!of!production,!a!new!source!for!immense!economic!and!social!value.!Advances!in!data!mining!and!analytics!and!the!massive!increase! in! computing! power! and! data! storage! capacity! have! expanded! by! orders! of! magnitude!the! scope! of! information! available! for! businesses! and! government.!Data! are! now! available! for!analysis!in!raw!form,!escaping!the!confines!of!structured!databases!and!enhancing!researchers’!abilities! to! identify! correlations! and! conceive! of! new,! unanticipated!uses! for! existing!information.!In! addition,!the! increasing! number! of! people,! devices,! and! sensors! that! are! now!connected! by! digital! networks! has! revolutionized! the! ability! […]

!!1!Big$Data$for$All:$Privacy$and$User$Control$in$the$Age$of$Analytics$Omer%Tene1%and%Jules%Polonetsky2%$Abstract!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!2!Introduction!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!2!Big!Data:!Big!Benefits!……………………………………………………………………………………………………….!6!Healthcare!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!7!Mobile!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Smart!grid!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!10!Traffic!management!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Retail!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!11!Payments!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!12!Online!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!12!Big!Data:!Big!Concerns!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Incremental!effect!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Automated!decisionHmaking!………………………………………………………………………………………..!14!Predictive!analysis!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!15!Lack!of!Access!and!Exclusion!………………………………………………………………………………………..!17!The!Ethics!of!Analytics:!Drawing!the!Line!………………………………………………………………………!18!Chilling!Effect!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!18!The!Legal!Framework:!Challenges!…………………………………………………………………………………….!18!Definition!of!PII!………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!Associate!Professor,!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law,!Israel;!Senior!Fellow,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum;!Visiting!Researcher,!Berkeley!Center!for!Law!and!Technology;!Affiliate!Scholar,!Stanford!Center!for!Internet!and!Society.!I!would!like!to!thank!the!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law!research!fund!and!the!College!of!Management!Academic!Studies!research!grant!for!supporting!research!for!this!article.!!2!CoHchair!and!Director,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum.!! !!2!Data!Minimization!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!22!Individual!Control!and!Context!…………………………………………………………………………………….!23!The!Legal!Framework:!Solutions!………………………………………………………………………………………!25!Access,!Portability,!and!Sharing!the!Wealth!…………………………………………………………………..!26!Enhanced!Transparency:!Shining!the!Light!…………………………………………………………………….!33!Conclusion!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!35!!!Abstract$We!live!in!an!age!of!”big!data”.!Data!have!become!the!raw!material!of!production,!a!new!source!for!immense!economic!and!social!value.!Advances!in!data!mining!and!analytics!and!the!massive!increase! in! computing! power! and! data! storage! capacity! have! expanded! by! orders! of! magnitude!the! scope! of! information! available! for! businesses! and! government.!Data! are! now! available! for!analysis!in!raw!form,!escaping!the!confines!of!structured!databases!and!enhancing!researchers’!abilities! to! identify! correlations! and! conceive! of! new,! unanticipated!uses! for! existing!information.!In! addition,!the! increasing! number! of! people,! devices,! and! sensors! that! are! now!connected! by! digital! networks! has! revolutionized! the! ability! […]

Blase Ur, Pedro G. Leon, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Richard Shay and Yang Wang

B EFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE O FFICE OF THE SECRETARY N ATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION I NTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION N ATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Request for Comments I NFORMATION PRIVACY AND INNOVATION IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY D OCKET # 100402174–0175–01 C OMMENTS OF THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM Jules Polonetsky Co-Chair […]

As mentioned in a previous blog post, we had the pleasure of speaking with nugg.ad CEO Stephan Noller last week. Nugg.ad is the German company that has just been awarded the EuroPrise Privacy Seal. nugg.ad’s new behavioral targeting system, Predictive Targeting Networking (PTN) 2.0, received the seal favored by many EU regulators after a vetting […]