Five Big Questions (and Zero Predictions) for the U.S. Privacy and AI Landscape in 2026
Introduction For better or worse, the U.S. is heading into 2026 under a familiar backdrop: no comprehensive federal privacy law, plenty of federal rumblings, and state legislators showing no signs of slowing down. What has changed is just how intertwined privacy, youth, and AI policy debates have become, whether the issue is sensitive data, data-driven […]
2025 FPF Privacy Communities
PRIVACY COMMUNITIES FPF Privacy Communities bring industry leaders together with FPF staff and experts to develop best practices, share insights, and promote pragmatic public policy solutions. Privacy Community members receive regular written updates on developments in their field. FPF members can access these privacy communities via the FPF Member Portal. For those without a Member […]
FPF Anatomy of a State Comprehensive Privacy Law Report
ANATOMY OF A STATE COMPREHENSIVE PRIVACY LAW Charting the Legislative Landscape DECEMBER 2025 The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. Learn more about FPF by visiting fpf.org. Jordan Francis Senior Policy Counsel, Future […]
FPF – Brussels Privacy Symposium 2025 Report NEW
T he Fu tu re of Priv a cy Fo ru m I n Euro pe, th e Fu tu re of Priv a cy Fo ru m (F P F) is an in d ep end ent vo ic e , main ta in in g ne utr a lit y i n an […]
17th Annual Advisory Board Meeting 2026
We are thrilled to welcome our new and returning FPF Advisory Board Members to the 17th Annual Advisory Board Meeting, taking place Wednesday, June 10 – Friday, June 12, 2026 at Yours Truly DC Hotel in Washington, D.C. This page will serve as the central hub for all event updates. Save the date and check […]
Brussels Privacy Symposium 2025 Report
T he Fu tu re of Priv a cy Fo ru m I n Euro pe, th e Fu tu re of Priv a cy Fo ru m (F P F) is an in d ep end ent vo ic e , main ta in in g ne utr a lit y i n an […]
FPF releases Issue Brief on Brazil’s Digital ECA: new paradigm of safety & privacy for minors online
This Issue Brief analyzes Brazil’s recently enacted children’s online safety law, summarizing its key provisions and how they interact with existing principles and obligations under the country’s general data protection law (LGPD). It provides insight into an emerging paradigm of protection for minors in online environments through an innovative and strengthened institutional framework, focusing on […]
What’s New in COPPA 2.0? A Summary of the Proposed Changes
On November 25th, U.S. House Energy and Commerce introduced a comprehensive bill package to advance child online privacy and safety, which included its own version of the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA 2.0”) to modernize COPPA. First enacted in 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a federal law that […]
Comparison of COPPA 2.0
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA 2.0”) Unofficial redline comparison of: Title II – COPPA 2.0 1. Children?s Online Privacy Protection Act Existing statutory text , 15 U.S.C. 91 , et seq. Black, unadorned text. to 2. S.836 Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act as re-introduced in the U.S. Senate 4 March […]
Student Privacy Pledge
ABOUT THE PLEDGE As of April 25, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum has retired the Student Privacy Pledge previously hosted at studentprivacypledge.org. After ten years, FPF retired this program in response to the changing technological and policy landscape regarding education technology (edtech). We are maintaining a public list of Pledge signatories through July 31, 2025. Read […]