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A Brief FPF Survey of Mobile Application Best Practices
Future of Privacy Forum „ 919 18 th Street, NW, Suite 901 „ Washington, DC 20006 www.futureofprivacy.org Transparency A Brief Future of Privacy Forum Survey of Mobile Application Best Practices This document has been assembled to provide an overview of some efforts to date to develop guidelines that contribute to transparency. There is a good […]
Unblinking Eyes – The Ethics of Automating Surveillance – Draft – Kevin Macnish
Page 1 of 22 Unblinking Eyes: The Ethics of Automating Surveilla nce Abstract In this paper I critique the ethical implications o f automating CCTV surveillance. I consider three m odes of CCTV with respect to automation: manual (or non- automated), fully automated, and partially-automated. In each of these I examine concerns posed by proces […]
Facebook Meets the NLRB: Employee Online Communications and Unfair Labor Practices
[…] in the “discussion” but viewed the posting as inappropriate and reported it to the Director. 180 Further, the Office of the General Counsel concluded th ere was ample evidence to support the employer’s assertion that it would have discharged the therapist for ongoing performance issues regardless of her Facebook posting. 181 The Office of […]
FPF In Review 2012
The Future of Privacy Forum News in Review FPF Quick Clips “Even Without Legislation, Privacy Will Be a Hot Issue in 2012” Jules Polonetsky, Omer Tene and Christopher Wolf, Nation al Journal, January 5, 2012 “Privacy concerns and technological change: the legislative option” Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf, The Hill’s Congress Blog, January 31, 2012 […]
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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[…] and in the near term, we focus in this submission on ways in which online privacy can be enhanced within the existing framework. We believe there is ample room for improvement and innovation. For example, the results of a research study released by FPF earlier this year indicate that simplified and user- friendly methods […]
Firefox Soon to Dent Behavioral Advertising?New Plans for Third Party Cookies.
A friend just flagged to us the following activity on the Mozilla message boards indicating the latest updates to the browser code that is the base for the Firefox browser will dramatically change the handling of third party cookies. Comments by Dan Wittes, leader of the cookie module at Mozilla, explain that the current default ‘accept third […]
Flash Cookie
We have done multiple blog posts warning about mis-use of flash cookies, so we are not going to harp on the issue again. And although it is flattering to be called a watchdog, we are just a small consumer privacy and technology focused think tank focused on advancing responsible data use practices. So if you […]