Some wise thoughts on privacy and security for corporate boards, from FPF Advisory Board member Russell Schrader. To watch this video click here.

On Wednesday, the FAA held an online forum to seek input from members of the public on the agency’s development of a privacy policy for unmanned aircraft systems, or civilian drones. For two hours, privacy advocates, engineers, and representatives of the unmanned aircraft industry went around in circles debating whether drones even present novel privacy [...]

In a post on Policy@Intel, David Hoffman explains why Internet obscurity can help the “Right to Fail.”  Absent providing individuals with “a sphere of privacy where they know they can make mistakes,” society may make it impossible for individuals to pursue ideas that “challenge the status quo” and are needed “to break away from conformity [...]

Big Data promises to open new doors to curing diseases, cleaning the environment, and easing life’s burdens, but is it opening too many doors?  Writing for The New York Times on Sunday, Steve Lohr suggested that the privacy challenges posed by Big Data are so large that it might trump any potential benefits.  The surveillance [...]