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A Closer Look at Location Data: Privacy and Pandemics
In this series, Privacy and Pandemics, the Future of Privacy Forum explores the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis to existing ethical, privacy, and data protection frameworks, and will seek to provide information and guidance to companies and researchers interested in responsible data sharing to support public health response. Future posts will examine pandemic-tracking mobile […]
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A Closer Look at Genetic Data Privacy and Nondiscrimination in 2020
Florida lawmakers recently introduced HB 1189/SB 1564 – a bill that would prohibit life and long-term care insurers from basing coverage and rates or denying coverage based on individuals’ genetic information. Washington State lawmakers are considering a bill, HB 2485, that would prohibit life insurance companies and others from obtaining individuals’ genetic information from direct-to-consumer […]
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Privacy Papers 2019: Spotlight on the Winning Authors
FPF recently announced the winners of the 10th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award. This Award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the United States Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and for data protection authorities abroad. From many nominated privacy-related papers published in the last year, five were selected by Finalist […]
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ICYMI: FPF Webinar Examines Policies to Protect Child Privacy Online
FPF experts share updates on the “evolving space” of child privacy
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ICYMI: Future of Privacy Forum Highlights Potential “Unintended Consequences” of Child Privacy Policies at TechFreedom Event
FPF Director of Youth & Education Privacy Amelia Vance calls for a focus on improving practicality and clarity around the implementation of new child privacy provisions
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Youth & Education Project Publications and Resources
Resources and Short Publications Student Privacy & Pandemics: Emergency Professional Development for Educators (June 2020) The General Data Protection Regulation: Analysis and Guidance for US Higher Education Institutions (May 2020) Online Learning Best Practices for Schools and Educators 2-pager (April 2020) Student Privacy 101 video series (January 2020) School Safety & Privacy: An Animated Introduction (June […]
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Youth & Education Project Media Mentions
Refreshing staff on FERPA essential as districts implement COVID-19 screening, Education Dive, Shawna De La Rosa, July 20, 2020 Explainer: How the U.S. Seeks to Protect Children’s Privacy Online, Reuters, July 8, 2020 Online learning hiccups lead to civil liberties threats, The Hill, Williamson N. Evers and Jonathan Hofer, July 7, 2020 Facial recognition in Lockport […]
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FPF Welcomes New Members to the Youth & Education Privacy Project
We are thrilled to announce three new members of FPF’s Youth & Education Privacy team. The new staff – Jasmine Park, Anisha Reddy, and Katherine Sledge – will help expand FPF’s technical assistance and training, resource creation and distribution, and state and federal legislative tracking. You can read more about Katherine, Anisha, and Jasmine below. Please […]
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Legislative Resources
Recent work California’s Prop 24, the “California Privacy Rights Act,” Passed. What’s Next? Comparing Privacy Laws: GDPR v. CCPA Off to the Races for Enforcement of California’s Privacy Law California Privacy Legislation: A Timeline of Key Events Comparing the Washington Privacy Act to GDPR, CCPA, and More Tech Talk with the Regulators – Understanding Anonymization […]
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Digital Deep Fakes
The media has recently labeled manipulated videos of people “deepfakes,” a portmanteau of “deep learning” and “fake,” on the assumption that AI-based software is behind them all. But the technology behind video manipulation is not all based on deep learning (or any form of AI), and what are lumped together as deepfakes actually differ depending on the particular technology used. So while the example videos above were all doctored in some way, they were not all altered using the same technological tools, and the risks they pose – particularly as to being identifiable as fake – may vary.