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Co-authored by Michelle Roitgarts, U.S. Legislation Legal Intern On October 26, 2026, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) submitted comments in response to the Colorado Department of Law’s (the Department’s) formal rulemaking process for the Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology Act (SB 26-189). FPF’s comments address the Department’s October 6 interim draft rules, focusing on clarifying […]

Introduction This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S 9051B into law, establishing sweeping new restrictions on AI companion chatbot features deemed unsafe for minors. The move comes just over a month after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1119, a comprehensive new chatbot law. California and New York, the first two states to […]

FPF’s youth policy work is growing. For more than 18 years, FPF has been a recognized leader in youth privacy. Our work and partnerships have helped inform this sector, from guidance on COPPA to advancing global frameworks for responsible data use by schools and platforms. Now we are broadening and deepening that focus. Privacy, safety, […]

The following is a guest post on the FPF blog authored by Wenlong Li, Research Professor, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School and 2026 Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awardee. The guest post reflects the opinion of the author only and does not necessarily reflect the position or views of FPF and our stakeholder communities. FPF […]

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The Future of Privacy Forum, a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies, today announced the recipients of its 2026 Awards honoring outstanding contributions to data protection and privacy in Europe. The awards were presented during the Awards night held on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the […]

Co-authored by Carisma De Anda, Youth Policy Research Contractor On October 2, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) submitted comments in response to the Vermont Office of the Attorney General’s (the Office’s) rulemaking process for the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (S 69). While a handful of states have signed Age-Appropriate Design Codes into law, Vermont […]

As frontier AI systems grow more capable and autonomous, questions about how they handle personal data are no longer theoretical. Standardized benchmarks have long served as one of the primary methods of measuring and comparing frontier AI performance, capabilities, and limitations. However, there is currently a lack of standardized ways to evaluate privacy risks and […]

The authors would like to thank Alex Rosenberger and Justine Gluck for their feedback and contributions. This summer, lawmakers in the United States released two of the first legislative proposals for regulating “AI agents”: the federal AI AGENT Act and California SB 1106. The proposals offer significantly different legal definitions of agentic AI, tailored to […]

Special thanks to FPF’s Rafal Fryc (former U.S. Policy Intern), Tatiana Rice (Senior Director for U.S. Legislation), and Jim Siegl (Senior Fellow) for research support and feedback A new exemption being proposed and considered in state legislatures across the country is resurfacing old debates around the contours of what constitutes biometric data. Biometric data has […]

As lawmakers look to regulate how AI systems interact with minors, new report breaks down key state and federal chatbot policy developments WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies, today released a new report analyzing one of the most active areas of […]