Acknowledged Celebrating This Year's Prizeworthy Privacy Research Papers at Our 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Gala
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit organisation headquartered in Washington, D.C., has announced the winners of its 15th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The event, which will be held on March 12, 2025, at FPF's offices in Washington, D.C., aims to recognise outstanding research and scholarship that significantly informs privacy policy and practice.
The PPPM Awards honour leading U.S. and international privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers. This year, six winning papers, two honorable mentions, one student submission, and a student honorable mention were selected.
The winning paper, "Authoritarian Privacy" by Mark Jia, explores how privacy laws are used by autocratic governments to interpose themselves as benevolent guardians of privacy rights. Another notable paper, "The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement" by Alicia Solow-Niederman, contends that the FTC's privacy enforcement occurs within an "Overton Window of Enforcement Possibility."
The event will feature discussions with James Cooper, Jennifer Huddleston, and Brenda Leong. The ceremony will also showcase the winning papers, including "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who's the Fairest of Them All?" by Alice Xiang, which argues that AI reflects patterns in our society and discusses the challenges to developing fairer AI.
The winning paper, "The Great Scrape: The Clash between Scraping And Privacy" by Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog, discusses the tension between scraping and privacy law in the context of AI. A Student Paper Honorable Mention was given to "Artificial Intelligence is like a Perpetual Stew" by Nathan Reitinger, University of Maryland - Department of Computer Science.
The Student Paper Award was given to "Data Subjects' Reactions to Exercising Their Right of Access" by Arthur Borem, Elleen Pan, Olufunmilola Obielodan, Aurelie Roubinowitz, Luca Dovichi, and Blase Ur at the University of Chicago; and Michelle L. Mazurek from the University of Maryland.
FPF identifies the risks and develops appropriate protections for data use. The organisation believes technology and data can benefit society and improve lives if the right laws, policies, and rules are in place. As Jules Polonetsky, FPF CEO, stated, "Data protection and artificial intelligence regulations are increasingly at the forefront of global policy conversations."
More information about FPF and the PPPM Awards can be found at their website. The event is free and registration is open to the public. The Future of Privacy Forum invites everyone to join in the discussions and celebrate the winners of the 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Awards.
- The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit organization, puts a strong emphasis on privacy policy and practice, as evidenced by their annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards.
- The PPPM Awards recognize outstanding research that significantly informs privacy policy, with six winning papers, two honorable mentions, a student submission, and a student honorable mention being selected this year.
- One of the winning papers, "Authoritarian Privacy" by Mark Jia, delves into how privacy laws are used by autocratic governments to assert themselves as guardians of privacy rights.
- The event, held on March 12, 2025, at FPF's offices in Washington, D.C., will feature discussions with notable figures in privacy ethics, including James Cooper, Jennifer Huddleston, and Brenda Leong.
- The winning paper, "The Great Scrape: The Clash between Scraping And Privacy" by Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog, examines the tension between scraping and privacy law in the context of AI, an important topic in technology and data-and-cloud-computing.
- The Student Paper Award was given to a team of students from the University of Chicago and the University of Maryland, who researched "Data Subjects' Reactions to Exercising Their Right of Access." This winning paper underlines FPF's belief that data can improve lives when the right laws, policies, and rules are in place, fostering a climate of trust and security.
