FPF Supports Connect Safely for Safer Internet Day
Our friends at Connect Safely have put together an amazing program to support student awareness and education as part of Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Below is their writeup – we invite you all to participate and spread the word – particularly to the students in your life and their educational institutions […]
SXSW Edu – FPF and Colleagues Take on "Trust" Question
I am heading to SxSW Edu to join the US Department of Education Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Styles, Common Sense Media’s Bill Fitzgerald, Data Quality Campaign’s Aimee Guidera, and several other distinguished education and privacy speakers for this session on student data privacy. Sponsored by CoSN, this is not just a panel but a full […]
FPF Welcomes New Senior Fellow – Ira Rubinstein
FPF is proud to welcome its newest Senior Fellow, Ira Rubinstein. Ira will be working with FPF staff, fellows and members on a number of cross-Atlantic privacy issues and will be collaborating with EU academics and institutions on projects focused on de-identification, ethics, big data, and other issues. Ira Rubinstein is a Senior Fellow at […]
Student Privacy Boot Camp for Ed Tech Vendors
ReThink Education and Future of Privacy Forum invite start-ups, and small, and medium-sized ed tech companies to an intensive and comprehensive program designed to ensure vendors handling student data understand privacy laws and best practices. Resources From Event : Panel: Overview of Basic Privacy Principles for Edtech Services Panel: FERPA and COPPA Panel: State Laws/Proposed […]
Who Exactly IS a "School Official" Anyway?
School Officials and Ed Tech Vendors The School Official exception to FERPA, the federal student privacy law, allows schools to provide student data to principals, teachers and school employees to use for educational purposes. But what about contractors who may work for the school, like a bus company or an email service provider? The original […]
In-Store Location Tracking: A Holiday Guide
In these final remaining days before Christmas, last-minute holiday shopping is in full swing. The window for online delivery is closing, and more shoppers this week will be doing their holiday shopping the old-fashioned way—in the store.
Controlling the Future of Privacy
Last week, I was fortunate enough to see several cool new applications of location technology and social data at two conferences which bookended my week. Privacy issues were addressed at the end of each conference, which I understand: a lecture about privacy is the last thing entrepreneurs and researchers want to hear. Unfortunately, privacy can […]
Privacy Policy 2008-2015
This page explains how the information you provide at this Web site is collected and used. Since this is a Web site about privacy and data use, we intend to experiment with better ways to communicate with people about data collection. We may also experiment with ad banners and additional tracking tools and test better […]
Privacy Papers 2011
Future of Privacy Forum is pleased to share the second annual “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers,” showcasing leading analytical thinking about current and emerging privacy issues. Leading Papers: Accountability as the Basis for Regulating Privacy: Can Information Security Regulations Inform Privacy Policy? Mary J. Culnan Against Notice Skepticism (Forthcoming, 87 Notre Dame Law Review – […]
Privacy Papers 2012
Future of Privacy Forum is pleased to share the third annual “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers,” showcasing leading analytical thinking about current and emerging privacy issues. Leading Privacy Papers: Bridging the Gap Between Privacy and Design Deirdre Mulligan and Jennifer King ‘Going Dark’ Versus a ‘Golden Age for Surveillance’ Peter Swire and Kenesa Ahmad “How […]