Meet Bianca-Ioana Marcu, FPF Europe Managing Director
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 […]
The Hannah Schaller Memorial Internship by ZwillGen
The Hannah Schaller Memorial Internship by ZwillGen, announced June 11, is a new internship available Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 in the FPF Washington, D.C. office. The internship honors Hannah Schaller, who started her privacy career as a policy intern in the FPF D.C. Office. The internship will provide law students with hands-on experience at […]
Vermont and Nebraska: Diverging Experiments in State Age-Appropriate Design Codes
In May 2025, Nebraska and Vermont passed Age-Appropriate Design Code Acts (AADCs), continuing the bipartisan trend of states advancing protections for youth online. While these new bills arrived within the same week and share both a common name and general purpose, their scope, applicability, and substance take two very different approaches to a common goal: […]
Amendments to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act Bring Big Changes to Big Sky Country
On May 8, Montana Governor Gianforte signed SB 297, amending the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA). This amendment was sponsored by Senator Zolnikov, who also championed the underlying law’s enactment in 2023. Much has changed in the state privacy law landscape since the MCDPA was first enacted, and SB 297 incorporates elements of further […]
The Curse of Dimensionality: De-identification Challenges in the Sharing of Highly Dimensional Datasets
The 2006 release by AOL of search queries linked to individual users and the re-identification of some of those users is one of the best known privacy disasters in internet history. Less well known is that AOL had released the data to meet intense demand from academic researchers who saw this valuable data set as essential […]
Africa
The FPF Africa Team FPF Africa, led by Mercy King’ori, focuses on fostering responsible data practices, driving innovation, and promoting privacy protections through collaborative partnerships, local expertise, and regionally grounded research to shape Africa’s digital future. Featured FPF Africa Council Membership Join the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a leading global non-profit organization shaping privacy […]
5 Ways to Be a Top Dog in Data Privacy
Data Privacy Day, or Data Protection Day in Europe, is recognized annually on January 28 to mark the anniversary of Convention 108, the first binding international treaty to protect personal data. To raise awareness for the day and promote best practices for data privacy, we’ve partnered with Snap to create a Data Privacy Day Snapchat […]
Brussels Privacy Symposium 2025
We invite you to register for the ninth edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium, taking place at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. This event is jointly presented by the Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF). The theme of this year’s conference, “A Data Protection (R)evolution?,” focuses on the impact of […]
FPF’s Year in Review 2024
With contributions from Judy Wang, Communications Intern 2024 was a landmark year for the Future of Privacy Forum, as we continued to grow our privacy leadership through research and analysis, domestic and global meetings, expert testimony, and more – all while commemorating our 15th anniversary. Expanding our AI Footprint While 2023 was the year of […]
History of the FPF Smart Places Initiative
As of December 31, 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum will retire and no longer support the Smart Places Self-Regulatory Program, including the MAC Address Opt-Out previously hosted at www.smart-places.org. Read on to learn more about the history and the future of this initiative. Brief History of Smart Places The Smart Places Opt-Out and Code […]