Resources

This year’s Brussels Privacy Symposium, held on 14 October 2025, brought together stakeholders from across Europe and beyond for a conversation about the GDPR’s role within the EU’s evolving digital framework. Co-organized jointly by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Brussels Privacy Hub of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the ninth edition convened experts from […]

The Data Law is Vietnam’s first comprehensive framework for the governance of digital data (both personal and non-personal), and applies to all Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals, as well as foreign agencies, organizations and individuals either in Vietnam or directly participating or are related to digital data activities in Vietnam. The data law became effective […]

The Data Law is Vietnam’s first comprehensive framework for the governance of digital data (both personal and non-personal), and applies to all Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals, as well as foreign agencies, organizations and individuals either in Vietnam or directly participating or are related to digital data activities in Vietnam. The data law became effective […]

Throughout the fall of 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), in partnership with the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), convened a series of three expert panel discussions across Australia exploring the intersection of privacy, security, and online safety for young people. This event series built on the […]

The state privacy landscape continues to evolve year-to-year. Although no new comprehensive privacy laws were enacted in 2025, nine states amended their existing laws and regulators increased enforcement activity, providing further clarity (and new questions) about the meaning of the law. Today FPF is releasing its second annual report on the state comprehensive privacy law […]

This Issue Brief analyzes Brazil’s recently enacted children’s online safety law, summarizing its key provisions and how they interact with existing principles and obligations under the country’s general data protection law (LGPD). It provides insight into an emerging paradigm of protection for minors in online environments through an innovative and strengthened institutional framework, focusing on […]

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was enacted in 2018, business obligations under the law have continued to evolve due to several rounds of rulemaking by both the Attorney General and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). The latest regulations from the CPPA are some of the most significant yet. Starting January 1, 2026, […]

Conversational AI technologies are hyper-personalizing. Across sectors, companies are focused on offering personalized experiences that are tailored to users’ preferences, behaviors, and virtual and physical environments. These range from general purpose LLMs, to the rapidly growing market for LLM-powered AI companions, educational aides, and corporate assistants. There are clear trends among this overall focus: towards […]

On July 17, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) hosted the second in a series of Technologist Roundtables with the goal of convening an open dialogue on complex technical questions that impact law and policy, and assisting global data protection and privacy policymakers in understanding the relevant technical basics of large language models (LLMs). […]

On April 25, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum and the Mozilla Foundation co-hosted a Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) Workshop in Washington, DC, convening industry, academia, and civil society experts to explore practical applications of PETs. The workshop featured two leading-edge use cases: Mastercard’s cross-border fraud detection system using Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), and Oblivious’s […]