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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 […]

[…] lowest numerical applicability thresholds of any of the state comprehensive privacy laws when the law was enacted in 2023. At that time, prior comprehensive privacy laws in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana all applied to controllers that either (1) control or process the personal data of at least 100,000 consumers (“the general […]

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 […]

[…] to see FPF and the University of Arizona leading the way on this timely research.” Key project outputs will include: A public taxonomy of AgeTech tools and best practices Policy reports and recommendations for industry leaders and policymakers Clear, actionable guidance tailored to address specific challenges identified in the research Scholarly publications presenting new […]

[…] about why data sharing is important and how to share data for research while maintaining privacy and ethics: The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research Data Sharing for Research: A Compendium of Case Studies, Analysis, and Recommendations Best Practices for Sharing Data with Academic Researchers Contract Guidelines for Data Sharing Agreements Between Companies and Academic Researchers

[…] although each nation has approached this era of policymaking in a unique way. Prior congressional attempts to update the LPVP reflect the country’s efforts to align to best global standards and meet international commitments1. According to the Chilean government, the approved LPPD pursues the dual objective of (i) providing stronger protection for data subjects […]

[…] apart.  The geopolitical race to take a leading role in the development of AI (the ‘AI race’), a technology which requires borderless access to data for the best performing systems and models, is also fundamentally reshaping the international data flows landscape and leading to increased regulatory fragmentation. These two areas (privacy and data protection […]

[…] internet, social media, electronic records, and internet-connected devices. They have grown up in a world where everything from insulin pumps to cars  are internet-connected. Encryption is the best protection to ensure that personal communications, transactions and devices are safe and secure. The 2025 infographic illustrates encryption’s role in protecting data in places young people […]