Please see FPF Advisory Board member Neil M. Richards in “Privacy legal fights should focus on intrusion, not hurt feelings”, an article from Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom by Jessica Martin. Richards discusses how American privacy law was created in the 19th and 20th centuries and is an inadequate guide for 21st century privacy battles. Richards, JD, is a privacy law expert and professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
For the full article, click here.
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) participated in the State of the Net West conference on Tuesday of this week where she said prospects were bleak for any privacy legislation to make it through Congress this year. Even though online privacy tops Eshoo’s list of technological priorities, she believes it lands differently on Congress’ list. With debates centering on the national economy, jobs and the European economy, legislators most likely will not have the time to rewrite privacy legislation. However, the congresswoman did say she wants companies working to adopt transparent privacy policies that are user-friendly, including policies that protect children.
For the full article on the conference from Palo Alto Online, click here.
Europe’s privacy regulators are advancing toward adopting much stricter do-not-track rules than what the U.S. online advertising industry prefers.
To read the full article and see FPF’s Chris Wolf’s quotes, please click here.
FPF is pleased to be a co-sponsor and presenter at the IAPP Navigate program on September 14th in Dallas, at which both FPF co-chairs Jules Polonetsky and Chris Wolf will present. Here is a blog entry on the issue of privacy in the cloud and whose law applies, which also describes one session at IAPP Navigate:
To see both of the Themes where FPF co-chairs Jules Polonetsky and Chris Wolf will be moderating, please click here.
App-makers may need to look up from those iPhones, Android and BlackBerry games and other tools they’re developing in order to keep closer watch on Washington, where federal regulators are mulling new ways to protect app users.
To read the full article, and see FPF’s Chris Wolf’s comments, please click here.
