New Survey: Privacy Concerns Are A Top Barrier to AgeTech Adoption Among Older Adults
Rapidly growing agetech industry has a significant opportunity to close trust gap, increase product adoption with increased transparency WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 20, 2026) — The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies — today released findings from a comprehensive March 2026 survey about how […]
FPF’s 2026 DC Privacy Forum: Leading Voices in AI, Privacy and Emerging Technology
By Paige Garvin, FPF Communications Intern The Future of Privacy Forum hosted its third annual DC Privacy Forum: Advancing Principled Data Protection, AI, and Digital Governance Practices on June 10th, 2026. This year’s Forum gathered government officials, academics, civil society representatives, and privacy professionals to discuss developments in AI governance, privacy regulation, youth online safety, […]
Navigating Autonomy and Privacy in Emerging AgeTech: Insights from the FPF Roundtable
As AgeTech expands into homes across the country—seeking to enable older adults to live independently longer—fundamental questions about autonomy, privacy, and trust are coming into sharper focus. How do we balance caregiver support with individual privacy? Should data pertaining to older adults be treated as “sensitive?” And in a fragmented privacy and consumer protection landscape, […]
FPF Year in Review 2025
Co-authored by FPF Communications Intern Celeste Valentino with contributions from FPF Global Communications Manager Joana Bala This year, FPF continued to broaden its footprint across priority areas of data governance, further expanding activities across a range of cross-sector topics, including AI, Youth, Conflict of Laws, AgeTech (seniors), and Cyber-Security. We have engaged extensively at the local […]
FPF Holiday Gift Guide for AI-Enabled, Privacy-Forward AgeTech
On Cyber Monday, giving supportive technology to an older loved one or caregiver is a great option. Finding the perfect holiday gift for an older adult who values their independence can be a challenge. This year, it might be worth exploring the exciting world of AI-enabled AgeTech. It’s not only gadgets; it’s also about giving […]
Tech to Support Older Adults and Caregivers: Five Privacy Questions for Age Tech
Introduction As the U.S. population ages, technologies that can help support older adults are becoming increasingly important. These tools, often called “AgeTech”, exist at the intersection of health data, consumer technology, caregiving relationships, and increasingly, artificial intelligence, and are drawing significant investment. Hundreds of well funded start-ups have launched. Many are of major interest to […]
FPF Launches Major Initiative to Study Economic and Policy Implications of AgeTech
FPF and University of Arizona Eller College of Management Awarded Grant by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Address Privacy Implications, and Data Uses of Technologies Aimed at Aging At Home The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI and emerging technologies–has been awarded a grant from the Alfred […]
FPF Welcomes New Senior Fellow
FPF is pleased to welcome Henry Claypool as a senior fellow. Henry is currently Policy Director at the Community Living Policy Center at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the former Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability and a founding Principal Deputy Administrator of the Administration for Community Living.
Kids, Connected Toys and Devices, and Privacy
At FPF, we recognize the benefits that connected home technologies can provide to individuals, families, and kids. We also know that privacy issues can make or break adoption of connected home tech – particularly questions about whether kids’ privacy and security are sufficiently safeguarded. Families are using voice controlled devices to search the web, play games, and order products.
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Traveling to the United States for Internet of Things – Transforming the Future Conference
On June 21, 2016, Samsung will host its inaugural “Internet of Things – Transforming the Future” conference at the Washington Post, during which the company will lay out its vision for a human-centered approach to the Internet of Things (IoT) that focuses on the outcomes the technology will create for people and societies across the globe.