Andrew Folks
@andrewfolks.com
Attorney (privacy, adtech, data stuff), to the extent applicable. Email at fkks.com.
Great year for pictures of big fires from our house
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Great year for pictures of big fires from our house
Google AI Overviews is great for Legal Research 👍
June 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Google AI Overviews is great for Legal Research 👍
Left is the Chernobyl miner
May 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Left is the Chernobyl miner
I personally would have selected different sources for recommending health information to my users. blog.google/technology/h...
March 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I personally would have selected different sources for recommending health information to my users. blog.google/technology/h...
Ferguson: "I don't want to go after censorship. The government is not supposed to go after censorship qua censorship, because we're not the speech police."
Also Ferguson:
Also Ferguson:
March 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ferguson: "I don't want to go after censorship. The government is not supposed to go after censorship qua censorship, because we're not the speech police."
Also Ferguson:
Also Ferguson:
Finally made it to Ballmer's Intuit Dome. Absolute spectacle & one of the cooler stadiums I've been BUT ... it's a perfect privacy law exam fact pattern.
GameFace ID (face match for tix, payments), Identity Pass (Apple Wallet, Bluetooth for payments). Not to mention a Kafkaesque opt out process!
GameFace ID (face match for tix, payments), Identity Pass (Apple Wallet, Bluetooth for payments). Not to mention a Kafkaesque opt out process!
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Finally made it to Ballmer's Intuit Dome. Absolute spectacle & one of the cooler stadiums I've been BUT ... it's a perfect privacy law exam fact pattern.
GameFace ID (face match for tix, payments), Identity Pass (Apple Wallet, Bluetooth for payments). Not to mention a Kafkaesque opt out process!
GameFace ID (face match for tix, payments), Identity Pass (Apple Wallet, Bluetooth for payments). Not to mention a Kafkaesque opt out process!
ADCREEP: THE CASE AGAINST MODERN MARKETING, Mark Bartholomew
Nothing new under the sun.
Nothing new under the sun.
February 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ADCREEP: THE CASE AGAINST MODERN MARKETING, Mark Bartholomew
Nothing new under the sun.
Nothing new under the sun.
What is the rationale behind making operating an aircraft exempt from CA AB 2013 (Generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency.)?
February 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What is the rationale behind making operating an aircraft exempt from CA AB 2013 (Generative artificial intelligence: training data transparency.)?
Removing specific locations from your database just got a bit more difficult with the DOJ’s final rule under EO 14117, which now includes 700+ locations:
January 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Removing specific locations from your database just got a bit more difficult with the DOJ’s final rule under EO 14117, which now includes 700+ locations:
The CPPA upped the data broker registration fee to $6,600 beginning Jan 1. Staff suggested they may decrease the cost in future years as the registry grows, but I anticipate this number catching some smaller businesses when they go to register next month.
December 12, 2024 at 4:24 AM
The CPPA upped the data broker registration fee to $6,600 beginning Jan 1. Staff suggested they may decrease the cost in future years as the registry grows, but I anticipate this number catching some smaller businesses when they go to register next month.
Proposed CFPB data broker rules consider 3 approaches to de-identified info. If it adopts #3, it may adopt FTC's three-prong test seen in state privacy law (reasonable measures, publicly commit not to re-ID, contractual prohibition on re-ID).
This... feels like a no brainer? Am I missing something?
This... feels like a no brainer? Am I missing something?
December 11, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Proposed CFPB data broker rules consider 3 approaches to de-identified info. If it adopts #3, it may adopt FTC's three-prong test seen in state privacy law (reasonable measures, publicly commit not to re-ID, contractual prohibition on re-ID).
This... feels like a no brainer? Am I missing something?
This... feels like a no brainer? Am I missing something?
This definition in the FTC IntelliVision order had me very briefly chuckle
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
This definition in the FTC IntelliVision order had me very briefly chuckle
Signs of waning neuroplasticity
December 4, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Signs of waning neuroplasticity
Steinbeck invented the hazy IPA in Cannery Row
November 25, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Steinbeck invented the hazy IPA in Cannery Row
Polo & Pan, The Shrine
November 11, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Polo & Pan, The Shrine
Flume 10 year anniversary, The Forum
November 11, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Flume 10 year anniversary, The Forum
(down the rabbit hole now)
New Order, Hollywood Bowl
New Order, Hollywood Bowl
November 11, 2024 at 2:49 AM
(down the rabbit hole now)
New Order, Hollywood Bowl
New Order, Hollywood Bowl
LCD Soundsystem, Hollywood Palladium 11/8/24
November 11, 2024 at 2:49 AM
LCD Soundsystem, Hollywood Palladium 11/8/24