Utah Considers Proposals to Require Web Services to Verify Users’ Ages, Obtain Parental Consent to Process Teens’ Data
Update: On March 23, Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 152 and HB 311. While amendments were made to both bills, the concerns raised in FPF’s analysis remain. SB 152 leaves critical provisions, such as methods to verify age or obtain parental consent, to be established in further rulemaking, but questions remain regarding whether these can […]
Workplace Discrimination and Equal Opportunity
Why monitoring cultural diversity in your European workforce is not at odds with GDPR Author: Prof. Lokke Moerel* The following is a guest post to the FPF blog from Lokke Moerel, Professor of Global ICT Law at Tilburg University and a lawyer with Morrison & Foerster (Brussels). The guest blog reflects the opinion of the […]
FPF VIP Networking & Welcome Reception
Mark your calendars for FPF’s VIP Networking & Welcome Reception in partnership with GW Law on Monday, April 3, 2023, from 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM ET. Libations and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be provided. This reception will take place ahead of the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in D.C. If you are in town, we would love to have you join us! FPF […]
7 Tips For Protecting Your Privacy Online
Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and regularly used for a number of reasons – like when you use social media accounts, when you shop online or redeem digital coupons at the store, or when you search the internet. Sometimes, information is collected about […]
This Year’s Must-Read Privacy Papers to be Honored at Capitol Hill Event
The Future of Privacy Forum’s 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award Recognizes Influential Privacy Research Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection headquartered in Washington, D.C. — announced the winners of its 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The PPPM Awards recognize leading privacy […]
The Future of Manipulative Design Regulation
Regulators in the United States and around the globe are bringing enforcement actions and crafting rules intended to combat manipulative design practices online. These efforts are complex and address a range of consumer protection issues, including privacy and data protection risks. They raise thorny questions about how to distinguish between lawful designs that encourage individuals […]
13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
FPF is excited to announce the 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers winners and in-person award ceremony! The award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and international data protection authorities.
Five Big Questions (and Zero Predictions) for the U.S. State Privacy Landscape in 2023
Entering 2023, the United States remains one of the only global economic powers that lacks a comprehensive, national framework governing the collection and use of consumer data throughout the economy. Congress made unprecedented progress toward enacting baseline privacy legislation in 2022. However, the apparent impasse in the efforts to move H.R. 8152, the American Data […]
The GDPR and the AI Act Interplay: Highlights from FPF and Ada Lovelace Institute’s Joint Event
Authored by Christina Michelakaki, FPF Intern for Global Policy On November 9, 2022, FPF, along with the Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada), organized a closed roundtable in Brussels where experts met to discuss the lessons that can be drawn from General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement precedents when deciding on the scope and obligations of the […]
FPF Roundtable on Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
The state of the art in Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (PPML) is promising from a technical perspective but under-explored if we view it through the lens of legal instruments such as the EU AI Act and the EU Data Act. In this roundtable, we aim to contribute to clearing the path to alternative solutions for processing (personal) data […]