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Next year, in 2026, we will celebrate a decade after the adoption of the GDPR, a law with an unprecedented regulatory impact around the world, from California to Brazil, across the African continent, to India, to China, and everywhere in between. The field of data protection and privacy has become undeniably global, with GDPR-inspired laws […]

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) hosted the Second Japan Privacy Symposium (Symposium) in Tokyo on November 15, 2024. The Symposium brought together leading data protection authorities (DPAs) from around the world to discuss pressing issues in privacy and data governance. The Symposium featured in-depth discussions on international collaboration, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, and the […]

In the enduring absence of a comprehensive national framework governing the collection, use, and transfer of personal data, state-level activity on privacy legislation has been on a consistent upward trend since the enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act in 2018. With all 50 U.S. states scheduled to be in session in 2025, stakeholders are […]

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 […]

Entering 2024, the United States now stands alone as the sole G20 nation without a comprehensive, national framework governing the collection and use of personal data. With bipartisan efforts to enact federal privacy legislation once again languishing in Congress, state-level activity on privacy dramatically accelerated in 2023. As the dust from this year settles, we […]

DSA: What’s in a Name? The European Union’s (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) is a first-of-its-kind regulatory framework, with which the bloc hopes to set an international benchmark for regulating online intermediaries and improving online safety. The DSA establishes a range of legal obligations, from content removal requirements, prohibitions to engage in manipulative design and […]

Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and regularly used for a number of reasons – like when you use social media accounts, when you shop online or redeem digital coupons at the store, or when you search the internet.  Sometimes, information is collected about […]

Two decisions issued by Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in Europe and published in the second week of January 2022 found that two websites, one run by a contractor of the European Parliament (EP), and the other one by an Austrian company, have unlawfully transferred personal data to the US merely by placing cookies (Google Analytics and Stripe) provided by two US-based companies on the devices of their visitors.

Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and regularly used for a number of reasons – like when you use social media accounts, when you shop online or redeem digital coupons at the store, or when you search the internet.  Sometimes, information is collected about […]

International data flows have been top of mind in the past year for digital rights advocates, companies and regulators, particularly international transfers following the Schrems II judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU from last July. As data protection authorities assess how to use technical safeguards and contractual measures to support data flows […]