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Authors: Beth Do, Maria Badillo, Randy Cantz, Jameson Spivack “Neurorights,” a set of proposed rights that specifically protect mental freedom and privacy, have captured the interest of many governments, scholars, and advocates. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Latin America, where several countries are actively seeking to enshrine these rights in law, and some […]

Author: Judy Wang, Communications Intern, FPF The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) hosted two engaging events honoring 2023’s must-read privacy scholarship at the 14th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers ceremonies. On Tuesday, February 27, FPF hosted a Capitol Hill event featuring an opening keynote by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) as well as facilitated discussions […]

“Today the European Union adopted the EU AI Act at the end of a long and intense legislative process. At the Future of Privacy Forum we believe that multistakeholder global approaches and advancing common understanding in the area of AI governance are key to ensuring a future with safe and trustworthy AI, one that protects […]

The seventh edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium, jointly co-organized by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Brussels Privacy Hub, took place at the U-Residence of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel campus on November 14, 2023. The Symposium presented a key opportunity for a global, interdisciplinary convening to discuss one of the most important topics […]

The privacy laws of both Colorado and California require organizations to recognize Universal Opt-Out Mechanisms (UOOMs), a tool through which a person can invoke their opt out rights broadly across all the websites they visit. While California has required responding to certain UOOMs since July 2021, the Colorado Attorney General has only recently approved their […]

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 […]

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 […]

On October 13, 2023, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the U.S.’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a “Crosswalk” of IMDA’s AI Verify testing framework and NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). Developed under the aegis of the Singapore–U.S. Partnership for Growth and Innovation, the Crosswalk is a mapping document […]

Authors: Stephanie Wong, Amber Ezzell, & Felicity Slater As an increasing number of organizations utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) in their patient-facing services, health organizations are seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the new wave of AI-powered tools. Policymakers, from United States (“U.S.”) government agencies to the White House, have taken heed of this trend, […]