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March 10, 2025 — Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration in data governance, privacy, and emerging technology regulation across the Asia-Pacific region.  By combining SMU’s expertise in digital law with FPF’s global leadership in data protection, privacy and emerging […]

[…] maintains consent as the general basis for the processing of personal data – similar to how it was regulated by the former LPVP. Consent must be “ free, informed and specific as to its purpose” and given “in advance and unequivocally” by means of a verbal or written statement, or expressed through electronic means […]

[…] and the United States. Dealing with these risks requires that greater attention be paid to geopolitical crises and legal fragmentation as a threat to protections for the free flow of data across borders.  The end of the ‘Brussels effect’? There has been much talk of the ‘Brussels effect’ that has allowed the EU to […]

[…] privacy professionals. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at FPF Headquarters, 1350 I St, Suite 200, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005. This event is free and open to the general public. Register for this event by clicking here! To learn more about the 14th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers, click here. […]

[…] must undergo a serious reckoning with privacy law. Scraping has evaded a reckoning with privacy law largely because scrapers act as if all publicly available data were free for the taking. But the public availability of scraped data shouldn’t give scrapers a free pass. Privacy law regularly protects publicly available data, and privacy principles […]

[…] 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 Lens that lets you choose what type of privacy pup […]

[…] fragmentation of the cross-border data transfer landscape globally and in APAC into clusters of likeminded jurisdictions, ranging from those like Singapore and Japan that are working to promote trusted data flows (especially through initiatives like the Global CBPRs) to those like Indonesia, India, and Vietnam that have recently renewed their interest in adopting data […]

[…] AI legislation. Maryland passed the  Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) as well as the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code Act” (Maryland AADC).  Following Connecticut’s lead last year, Virginia and Colorado both amended their state privacy laws to add specific online protections for kids’ data. FPF also examined genetic privacy laws from Montana, Tennessee, Texas, […]