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New Age-Appropriate Design Code Framework Takes Hold in Maryland
On April 6, the Maryland legislature passed HB 603/SB 571, the “Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code Act” (Maryland AADC), which is currently awaiting action from Governor Moore. While FPF has already written about Maryland’s potentially “paradigm-shifting” state comprehensive privacy law, the Maryland AADC may similarly pioneer a new model for other states. The Maryland AADC seeks […]
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Manipulative and Deceptive Design: New Challenges in Immersive Environments
With help from Selin Fidan, Beth Do, Daniel Berrick, and Angela Guo Immersive technologies like spatial computing, gaming, and extended reality (XR) offer exciting ways to experience and engage with the world. However, interfaces for immersive technologies that further blur the lines between the physical and the virtual may also open the door to new, […]
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The Old Line State Does Something New on Privacy
On April 6, the Maryland Senate concurred with House amendments to SB 541, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), sending the bill to Governor Moore for signature. If enacted, MODPA could be a paradigm-shifting addition to the state privacy law landscape. While recent state comprehensive privacy laws generally have added to the existing landscape […]
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China’s Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services: A Comparison Between the Final and Draft Versions of the Text
Authors: Yirong Sun and Jingxian Zeng Edited by Josh Lee Kok Thong (FPF) and Sakshi Shivhare (FPF) The following is a guest post to the FPF blog by Yirong Sun, research fellow at the New York University School of Law Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies at NYU School of Law: Global Law & Tech […]
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FPF Files COPPA Comments with the Federal Trade Commission
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) in response to its request for comment on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) proposed rule. Read our comments in full. As technology evolves, so must the regulations designed to protect children online, and FPF commends the Commission’s efforts […]
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Little New About Hampshire
On March 6, 2024, Governor Sununu signed SB 255 into law, making New Hampshire the fourteenth U.S. State to adopt a comprehensive privacy law to govern the collection, use, and transfer of personal data. SB 255 is the second comprehensive privacy law enacted in 2024, the first having been New Jersey’s S332, which was also […]
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Event Recap: FPF X nasscom Webinar Series – Breaking Down Consent Requirements under India’s DPDPA
Following the enactment of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA), the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies), India’s largest industry association for the information technology sector, co-hosted a 2-part webinar series focused on the consent-centric regime under the DPDP Act. Spread across two days (November […]
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The Garden State Joins the Comprehensive Privacy Grove
On January 16, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S332 into law, making New Jersey the thirteenth U.S. State to adopt a comprehensive privacy law to govern the collection, use, and transfer of personal data. S332 endured a long and circuitous route to enactment, having been introduced in January 2022 and amended six times before being passed […]
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7 Essential Tips to Protect Your Privacy in 2024
Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and used for various reasons – like when you use social media, shop online, redeem digital coupons at the store, or browse the internet. Sometimes, information is collected about you by one company and then shared or sold […]
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Identifying Privacy Risks and Implementing Best Practices for Body-Related Data in Immersive Technologies
As organizations develop more immersive technologies, and rely on the collection, use, and transferring of body-related data, they need to ensure their data practices not only maintain legal compliance, but also more fulsomely protect people’s privacy. To guide organizations as they develop their body-related data practices, the Future of Privacy Forum created the Risk Framework […]