
Seeing the Big Picture on Smart TVs and Smart Home Tech
CES 2018 brought to light many exciting advancements in consumer technologies. Without a doubt, Smart TVs, Smart Homes, and voice assistants were dominant: LG has a TV that rolls up like a poster; Philips introduced a Google Assistant-enabled TV is designed for the kitchen; and Samsung revealed its new line of refrigerators, TVs, and other home devices powered by Bixby, their intelligent voice assistant.

Privacy Papers 2017
The winners of the 2017 PPPM Award are: Artificial Intelligence Policy: A Primer and Roadmap by Ryan Calo, Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington Abstract: Talk of artificial intelligence is everywhere. People marvel at the capacity of machines to translate any language and master any game. Others condemn the use of secret algorithms to […]

Where Are They Now? FPF Trains a New Generation of Privacy Leaders
FPF offers up-and-coming privacy professionals fellowship opportunities, often giving college graduates experience in the privacy world. In this post, we will take a look at some of FPF’s former employees who have gone on to impressive privacy careers.

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.

Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: What Is the Law?
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released “Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: A Guide for School Administrators & Ed Tech Service Providers,” written by Amelia Vance and Sarah Williamson. This guide helps to answer some of the basic questions that we have heard from key stakeholders about law enforcement access to data over the past nine months.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Ethical Applications
On September 25, 2017, the Future of Privacy Forum and the Information Accountability Foundation will co-host an official side event at the International Conference of Data Protection Commissioners. The event follows IAF’s publication of Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Enhanced Data Stewardship, and FPF’s curation of leading research highlighting the privacy challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

FPF Welcomes New Team Members
The Future of Privacy Forum is delighted to welcome several new members to our team!

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 […]