Reflections on California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code in Advance of Oral Arguments
Co-authored with Isaiah Hinton, Policy Intern for the Youth and Education Team Update: On Wednesday, July 17th, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for an appeal of the District Court’s preliminary injunction of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC). Judges Milan Smith Jr., Mark Bennett, and Anthony Johnstone appeared interested […]
We’re in this Together: Expert Speakers Explore Topics Related to Protecting Privacy, Security, and Online Safety for Young People in Australia
On June 26, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) co-hosted an online discussion on Privacy, Security, and Online Safety for Young People in Australia. The panel included welcoming remarks from John Verdi, FPF, and Bart Hogeveen, ASPI, and consisted of experts across all three disciplines, including: The discussion […]
Reproductive Rights Have Been Privacy Rights For 50 Years
About fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that would provide the basis for federal privacy protections for reproductive health decisions. The importance of protecting reproductive information and choice, particularly where abortion was concerned, was the basis for Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), which provided women and […]
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The World’s First Binding Treaty on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Regulation of AI in Broad Strokes
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law (Framework Convention on AI) was adopted on 17 May 2024, after two years of drafting and negotiation. This is the world’s first binding treaty on AI, focusing on protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of […]
Newly Updated Guidance: FPF Releases Updates to the Generative AI Internal Policy Considerations Resource to Provide New Key Lessons For Practitioners
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) Center for Artificial Intelligence is releasing a newly updated version of our Generative AI internal compliance document – Generative AI for Organizational Use: Internal Policy Considerations, with new content addressing organizations’ ongoing responsibilities, specific concerns (e.g., high-risk uses), and lessons taken from recent regulatory enforcement related to these technologies. […]
Private Event: Future of Privacy Forum’s Inaugural Privacy Executives Summit
You are invited to attend the inaugural FPF Privacy Executives Summit taking place in Berkeley, California on September 11-12, 2024 at the Claremont Hotel & Spa. For those traveling, the Claremont Hotel is a 24-minute drive from Oakland International Airport and 45-minutes from San Francisco International Airport. This year FPF expanded the Privacy Executives Network […]
Peak Privacy: Vermont’s Summit on Data Privacy
On June 13, 2024, Governor Phil Scott vetoed H. 121. This marked the first governor veto of a comprehensive privacy bill passed by the state legislature. Immediately prior to the close of the state legislative session on May 10, 2024, the Vermont legislature passed H. 121, “An act relating to enhancing consumer privacy and the […]
The North Star State Joins the State Privacy Law Constellation
On May 19, 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed HF 4757, an omnibus budget bill that includes the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). The bill now heads to Governor Walz for signature. Developed by State Representative Steve Elkins over nearly five years and multiple legislative sessions, the MNCDPA is among the strongest iterations of the […]
Little Users, Big Protections: Colorado and Virginia pass laws focused on kids privacy
‘Don’t call me kid, don’t call me baby’ – unless you are a child residing in either Colorado or Virginia, where children will soon have increased privacy protections due to recent advances in youth privacy legislation. Virginia and Colorado both have broad-based privacy laws already in effect. During the 2024 state legislative sessions, both states […]