App Developer Privacy Summit Mobile apps and the services they provide have been one of the most exciting areas of innovation in recent years. Many of these new services have been successful because they enable consumers to use data to connect, discover and accomplish in new ways, but the collection and use of consumer data in the complex mobile environment has caused a rise in privacy concerns. To maintain the consumer trust necessary to continue the pace of innovation, the key participants i...
On Tuesday, April 12th the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), in partnership with the George Washington University Law School, hosted a special discussion entitled, “While Legislation Gets Mulled, Privacy Law Gets Made.” ; Within the last month and for the first time, an Administration has come out in favor of a baseline privacy law and denominated a “Privacy Bill of Rights,” while lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to prepare drafts of legislation.
As the world continues to witness pro-democracy movements organize and stage protests across the Mideast, with the ability to literally topple regimes through mobilization efforts on the world wide web, what human rights and privacy issues need to be recognized during this historic period? ; And how can we reduce the vulnerability of personal information from being used improperly, while still encouraging individual rights?
The Future of Privacy Forum launches in Washington, DC on November 19, 2008