New Report Promotes Accountability-Based Approach to Data Protection in the APAC Region
In recent years, there has been an uptick in new (comprehensive) data protection laws in the Asia Pacific (APAC). This trend introduces challenges for cross-border compliance, particularly for the industry, legal practitioners, and the community of data protection regulators. As a result of the difficulties, these stakeholders acknowledge that there is a need for greater […]
Event Report: FPF Side Event and Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) at the 2022 Global Privacy Assembly (GPA)
The 2022 Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) – which brings together most global data protection authorities (DPAs) every year since 1979, to share knowledge and establish common priorities among regulators – took place between October 25 and 28, in Istanbul (Türkiye). The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) was invited by the organizers of the GPA (the […]
Meet David Sallay, FPF’s new Youth & Education Privacy Director
FPF is thrilled to announce the new Director of our Youth & Education Privacy Program, David Sallay. David comes to FPF from the Utah State Board of Education, where he previously served as the Chief Privacy Officer and the Student Privacy Auditor at the Utah State Board of Education, where he worked with schools and […]
Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection Bill: Overview, Key Takeaways, and Context
The authors thank Zacky Zainal Husein and Muhammad Iqsan Sirie from Rajah & Tann Indonesia for their insights. Overview On September 20, 2022, Indonesia’s House of Representatives passed the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP Bill) (note: linked Bill is in Indonesian). This is the first step towards enactment of the PDP Bill as law. The […]
Protected: 13th Annual Advisory Board Meeting 2022
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FPF Releases Analysis of California’s New Age-Appropriate Design Code
FPF’s Youth & Education team is pleased to publish a new policy brief that builds on this first brief by providing a comparative analysis of the United Kingdom’s Age Appropriate Design Code (UK AADC) to the California AADC, which was modeled after the UK AADC. Learn more and download the UK and CA AADC Comparative policy brief here. […]
Are we there yet? The long road to nowhere: The demise of India’s draft data protection bill
In August 2022, the Government of India withdrew the country’s draft Personal Data Protection Bill from the Parliament’s consideration. This was a surprise move, coming after more than four years of consultations, as well as several statements from top officials that its passage was imminent and that there were no plans to scrap the Bill […]
Judge declares Buenos Aires’ Fugitive Facial Recognition System Unconstitutional
On September 7, a trial judge declared the implementation of the Fugitive Facial Recognition System (SRFP, for its name in Spanish) by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires unconstitutional. The decision set an important precedent for risks associated with privacy and intimacy in public spaces in the context of public surveillance for law […]
FPF Participates in FTC Event on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” Proposed Rulemaking
Yesterday, FPF Senior Director for U.S. Policy Stacey Gray participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) regarding its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” (comments start at 1:39:00). Feedback from the public forum is intended to help inform the Commission’s decision whether to proceed […]