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Blog 1/ Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series   The EU AI Act prohibits certain AI practices in the European Union (hereinafter also “the Union”or “the EU”), at the top of the pyramid of its layered approach: harmful manipulation and deception, social scoring, individual risk assessment, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition, biometric […]

South Carolina Governor McMaster signed HB 3431, an Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) -style law, on February 5, adding to the growing list of new, bipartisan state frameworks fortifying online protections for minors. Although HB 3431 is dubbed an AADC, its divergence from past models and unique blend of requirements that draw upon a variety of […]

Disclaimer: Please note that nothing below should be construed as legal advice.  If 2025 was the year of agentic systems, 2026 may be the year these technologies reshape e-commerce. Agentic AI systems are defined by the ability to complete more complex, multi-step tasks, and exhibit greater autonomy over how to achieve user goals. As these […]

The U.S. privacy law landscape continues to mature as new laws go into effect, cure periods expire, and regulators interpret the law through enforcement actions and guidance. State attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission act as the country’s de facto privacy regulators, regularly bringing enforcement actions under legal authorities both old and new. For […]

There are three forces twirling and swirling to create a perfect storm for global data protection and privacy this year: the surprise reopening of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will largely play out in Brussels over the following months, the complexity and velocity of AI developments, and the push and pull over the […]

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. The Council of Europe initiated the day in 2006, with the first official celebration held on January 28, 2007, marking this year as the […]

The Future of Privacy Forum is releasing an updated version of its Age Assurance: Technologies and Tradeoffs infographic, reflecting how rapidly the technical and policy landscape has evolved over the past year. As lawmakers, platforms, and regulators increasingly converge on age assurance as a governance tool, the updated infographic sharpens the focus on proportionality, privacy […]

Washington D.C. — (January 26th, 2026) — Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit that advances principled and pragmatic data protection, AI, and digital governance practices — announced the winners of its 16th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The PPPM Awards recognize leading research and analytical scholarship in privacy […]

This Issue Brief has been updated to reflect the latest changes introduced by Decree 356/2025, the implementing decree to Vietnam’s Personal Data Protection Law, which was enacted on 31 December 2025. Vietnam is undergoing a sweeping transformation of its data protection and governance framework. Over the past two years, the country has accelerated its efforts to […]

The following is a guest post to the FPF blog authored by Dr. Haksoo Ko, Professor at Seoul National University School of Law, FPF Senior Fellow and former Chairperson of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission. The guest post reflects the opinion of the author only and does not necessarily reflect the position or views […]