New Report on Limits of “Consent” in New Zealand’s Data Protection Law
Authors: Elizabeth Santhosh and Dominic Paulger Elizabeth Santhosh is a current law student at Singapore Management University and an FPF Global Privacy intern. Introduction Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI), as part of their ongoing joint research project: “From Consent-Centric Data Protection Frameworks to Responsible Data Practices and […]
New Report on Limits of “Consent” in Hong Kong’s Data Protection Law
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) – as part of their ongoing joint research project: “From Consent-Centric Data Protection Frameworks to Responsible Data Practices and Privacy Accountability in Asia Pacific” – are publishing the third in a series of detailed jurisdiction reports on the status of “consent” and […]
New Report on Limits of “Consent” in South Korea’s Data Protection Law
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) – as part of their ongoing joint research project: “From Consent-Centric Data Protection Frameworks to Responsible Data Practices and Privacy Accountability in Asia Pacific” – are publishing a second report in their series of detailed jurisdiction reports on the status of “consent” […]
New Report on Limits of “Consent” in China’s Data Protection Law – First in a Series for Joint Project with Asian Business Law Institute
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) are publishing today the first in a series of 14 detailed jurisdiction reports that will explore the role and limits of consent in the data protection laws and regulations of 14 jurisdictions in Asia Pacific (Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, […]
FPF Report: Automated Decision-Making Under the GDPR – A Comprehensive Case-Law Analysis
On May 17, the Future of Privacy Forum launched a comprehensive Report analyzing case-law under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied to real-life cases involving Automated Decision Making (ADM). The Report is informed by extensive research covering more than 70 Court judgments, decisions from Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), specific Guidance and other policy documents […]
Diverging fining policies of European DPAs: is there room for coherent enforcement of the GDPR?
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) puts forward a non-exhaustive list of criteria in Article 83 that Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) need to consider when deciding whether to impose administrative fines and in determining their amount in specific cases. Notoriously, the ceiling for administrative fines put forward by the GDPR is high […]
FPF Report: A Look into DPA Strategies in the African Continent
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum released a Report looking into the Strategic Plans for the coming years of seven African Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). The Report gives insight into the activity and plans of DPAs from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. It also relies on research conducted across […]
FPF Weighs in on Automated Decisionmaking, Purpose Limitation, and Global Opt-Outs for California Stakeholder Sessions
This week, Future of Privacy Forum policy experts provided testimony in California public Stakeholder Sessions to provide independent policy recommendations for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). The Agency heard from a variety of speakers and members of the public, on a broad range of issues relevant to forthcoming rulemaking on the California Privacy Rights […]
Comparative Look at Models of Data Protection – Series of Webinars Led by the Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI)
Authors: Kavisha Patel and Lee Matheson Kavisha Patel is a current student at Georgetown Law and an FPF Global Privacy Intern. As a result of Israel’s recently proposed comprehensive privacy law update, the Protection of Privacy Bill, the Israel Tech Policy Institute led a series of three webinars in February 2022 discussing comparative models of […]
FPF at the 2022 IAPP Global Privacy Summit
Last week, IAPP held its first in-person annual Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC since 2019! Through expert panels and our expo booth, FPF remained active during this two-day conference, with our CEO Jules Polonetsky holding a conversation with FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, our data privacy experts speaking and providing their expert analysis at the […]