There was a time, perhaps eight or nine years ago, when the industry could feasibly argue in favor of self-regulation because of the complexity of online advertising and the rapid nature of ...

Technologies that track data can make life more efficient, but can they go too far? Jeffrey Brown talks to technology and privacy experts Jules Polonetsky and Adam Thierer for more on why corporations ...

Jules serves as Executive Director and Co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that seeks to advance responsible data practices ...

As digital technology and the data economy become more entrenched in daily life, how can we approach privacy? The challenge of balancing the rapid pace of technological change with privacy and ethical ...

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) on Wednesday launched the FPF Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI), to help support AI governance and policymaking. As FPF CEO ...

Credit card information. Bank account numbers. Personal information, including ages, phone numbers and shopping habits. These are all pieces of data that businesses collect from customers every day.

Revelations about the NSA’s secret programs have reinforced a national interest in striking a balance between privacy and security. Jeffrey Brown examines public ...

For years, marketers dreamed of the day when smartphones would be ubiquitous. Users would get ads based on their actual location at the time. Offers would be delivered right to the consumer’s pocket.

Alexa, the voice assistant built into the Amazon Echo, is one of many artificially intelligent (AI) personal assistants being deployed by technology companies to help consumers manage their homes and ...

A LITTLE blue symbol is carrying big implications. Trying to ward off regulators, the advertising industry has agreed on a standard icon a little “i” that it will add to most online ads that use ...