
Student Privacy Pledge Crosses Milestone with 100 Signatories
Media Contacts: FPF: Nicholas Graham, (571) 291-2967, [email protected] SIIA: Sabrina Eyob, (202) 789-4480, [email protected] PR Agency: Farrah Kim, (202) 568-8986, [email protected] STUDENT PRIVACY PLEDGE CROSSES MILESTONE WITH 100 SIGNATORIES Responsible Privacy Practices Affirmed by Growing Number of Ed-Tech Companies WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, February 4, 2015 – The Future of Privacy Forum […]

Travis LeBlanc on the FCC's New Privacy Role
At today’s FCBA brown bag lunch, FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc discussed the Commission’s recent entrance into privacy enforcement and fielded questions as to what companies might do to avoid running afoul of the Enforcement Bureau. LeBlanc emphasized the innovation continues to outpace regulators, noting that much of the Commission’s investigative and enforcement work […]

K-12 Student Privacy Pledge Announced
Today Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) provided the following press release. Additional FPF Resources and Publications on this topic are listed …

FPF list of Federal Anti-discrimination laws
Civil rights groups have recently highlighted the importance of respecting civil rights in this era of “big data” . The White House has echoed these concerns in its Big Data Privacy Review. As supporters of the benefits of responsible data use, we thought it would be helpful to companies and advocates to have a convenient list of existing […]

Big Data: Will We Be Judged By The Tin Man?
Big data, the enhanced ability to collect, store and analyze previously unimaginable quantities of data in tremendous speed and with negligible costs, delivers immense benefits in marketing efficiency, healthcare, environmental protection, national security and more. While some privacy advocates may dispute the merits of sophisticated behavioral marketing practices or debate the usefulness of certain data […]

Cookies, Consent, and Compliance in the UK
The EU’s 2009 e-Privacy (“Cookie”) Directive is spreading across member states. To date, twenty out of twenty-seven member states have implemented some form of the cookie law. One of the countries currently grappling with cookie law is the UK with its Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR), which were amended in 2011 and came into […]

Consent and Cookies: How Will the ePrivacy Directive Change Online Business Practices?
The Online Trust Alliance hosted a webinar this week to consider how companies are preparing for the European Union’s new “ePrivacy Directive”. The 2009 amendment is set to be implemented in the United Kingdom on May 26th and will influence on-line companies’ ability to access and collect user information. In particular, the Directive will change […]

Blumenthal and Bono Mack Discuss Privacy, Cybersecurity Legislation
Last Thursday morning, Politico Pro presented a briefing focused on cyberprivacy and cybersecurity. Participating in the discussion were Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Dr. Thomas M. Lenard (President and Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute), and Tim Sparanpani (Principal at SPQR Strategies, PLLC). The briefing began with a discussion of […]

Nov. 11, 2011 – Facebook-FTC Privacy Settlement Near, Leaks Say, Sci-Tech Today
It’s one of the drawbacks of being on Facebook: If you never make any adjustments to your privacy settings, you can assume everyone can see everything you post, or do, while using the giant social media network . Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and now claiming an astonishing 800 million users seems ready to give […]

Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Event
For those of you who are unable to join us in person for the announcement of the leading “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers,” we have extended the following two options: To view the “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers” event live, click here: http://www.law.gwu.edu/News/Videos/Pages/Privacy.aspx This event will be available for viewing on September 15 from 8 […]