Redline Comparison of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule Review
On January 18, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its review of the COPPA Rule. Following the FTC’s notice of proposed rulemaking issued in January 2024, this announcement is the latest in a multi-year review of the COPPA Rule, which was last updated in 2013 and which the FTC began reviewing potential updates to […]
Top Six Major Privacy Enforcement Trends: A U.S. Legislation Retrospective
Enforcement activity intensifies as U.S. consumer privacy laws continue to evolve and come into effect. In 2023 and 2024 alone, there have been dozens of enforcement actions at the U.S. federal and state levels, some of which reveal or touch on significant throughlines for privacy policy issues, such as what constitutes a privacy violation or […]
HHS Rulemaking: Reproductive Health Care
In April 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) initiated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) “To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy” and “modify existing standards by prohibiting uses and disclosures of [Protected Health Information (PHI)] for criminal, civil, or administrative investigations or proceedings against individuals, covered entities […]
Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC): Analyzing Legal Developments from 2021 to 2023
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published an Issue Brief comparatively analyzing cross-border data transfer provisions in new data protection laws in the Asia-Pacific. Titled Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC): Analyzing Legal Developments from 2021 to 2023, the Issue Brief outlines key developments in cross-border data transfers in the Asia-Pacific in the […]
FPF COPPA 2.0 Redline
On February 14, 2024, Senator Markey released an updated draft of the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) while also sharing that Senate Commerce Leadership now endorses it. On April 9, 2024, Reps Castor and Walberg introduced the COPPA 2.0 companion bill in the House. COPPA 2.0 would amend the Children’s Online […]
Youth Privacy in Immersive Technologies Issue Brief
Analyze recent regulatory and self-regulatory actions and guidance related to youth privacy, safety, and advertising in immersive spaces, pulling out key lessons for organizations building experiences in virtual worlds in FPF’s issue brief. Learn more on the FPF Blog.
Overview of Contested Youth Privacy & Safety Provisions in Pending State Law Litigation
Since September 2022, eight U.S. states have enacted laws intended to address online youth privacy and safety. Six of these laws are currently subject to litigation, often on First Amendment grounds. In some cases, preliminary injunctions have already halted the laws from going into effect. These initial district court rulings provide a first look at […]
FPF Health & Wellness: Mapping the 2024 Health Privacy Landscape, A 2023 Retrospective
In 2023, health data privacy developments were nearly all related to the continuing development of privacy law responses to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and subsequent moves by states to bar access to certain reproductive health care services and to criminally prosecute individuals seeking access to that care. As reproductive health care remains in jeopardy […]
Immersive Tech Panel Series Insights
In 2023, FPF organized and hosted a virtual panel series asking: what is unique or new about immersive technologies? We discussed the intersection of these emerging technologies with key aspects of technology and privacy such as health and wellness, advertising, vehicles, education, AI, and youth privacy with subject matter experts in a series of panels. […]
Generative AI for Organizational Use: Internal Policy Checklist
FPF’s Generative AI for Organizational Use: Internal Policy checklist helps decision-makers revisit their internal policies and procedures. The Checklist provides guidance in four areas: