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[…] Algeria, Benin, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria, and Senegal. Rwanda is the only country with a national policy while other countries like Ethiopia, Morocco, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Mauritania, Tanzania, and Tunisia are making significant steps to define their AI strategies. As a result, the Strategy is designed to inform an environment of ongoing efforts aimed […]

[…] Law on ADM, A Global Perspective with Lessons from Case-Law.” In addition, our global experts provided analysis on privacy and data protection developments in Vietnam, Nigeria, Australia, Tanzania, and the African Union and published an overview comparing three regional model contractual frameworks for cross-border data transfers. U.S. Legislative Activity In 2023, FPF played a […]

On November 27 2022, the President of Tanzania signed the Personal Information Protection Act, 2022 (PIPA) after it garnered unanimous Parliamentary support following its September 2022 introduction during the 8th Parliamentary sitting. The Act’s passage makes the United Republic of Tanzania (henceforth referred to as “Tanzania”) the 35th country in Africa to enact a standalone […]

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This post is the third in a series on personality versus personality in AI systems. Read Part 1 (exploring concepts) and Part 2 (concrete uses and risks).   Conversational AI technologies are hyper-personalizing. Across sectors, companies are focused on offering personalized experiences that are tailored to users’ preferences, behaviors, and virtual and physical environments. These […]

“Algorithmic pricing,” “surveillance pricing,” “dynamic pricing”: in states across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing legislation to regulate a range of practices that use large amounts of data and algorithms to routinely inform decisions about the prices and products offered to consumers. These bills—targeting what this analysis collectively calls “data-driven pricing”—follow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s […]

[…] narrowly on specific types of health data individually or in tandem with AI or other technologies. For example, mental health chatbots (Utah HB452), reproductive health data ( Virginia SB754), or AI disclosures in clinical settings (California AB3030). Other bills and laws have broad definitions that include location, movement, and voice data, all common types […]

FPF is pleased to welcome our colleague Bianca-Ioana Marcu to her new role as Managing Director of FPF Europe. With extensive experience in privacy and data protection, she takes on this responsibility at a pivotal moment for digital regulation in Europe. In this blog, we will explore her perspectives on the evolving privacy landscape, her […]

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Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a new paper—Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions & Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy Legislation. Data minimization is a bedrock principle of privacy and data protection law, with origins in the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and the Privacy Act of 1974. At a high […]