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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 […]

[…] 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 to […]

[…] the CCPA to expand the definition of sensitive personal data and create protections for reproductive care information while also passing a first-of-its-kind law to establish a one-stop- shop mechanism to enable people to delete personal information held by data brokers. Second, before the Connecticut Data Privacy Act even took effect, its original sponsors successfully […]

[…] and The Dialogue released a Brief containing a Catalog of Measures for “Verifiably Safe” Processing of Children’s Personal Data Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023.  When India’s DPDPA passed in August, it created heightened protections for the processing of personal data of children up to 18. When the law goes into […]

[…] Additional Future of Privacy Forum Resources of note: Infographic: Unpacking Age Assurance: Technologies and Tradeoffs  Policy Brief: An Analysis of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code  Policy Brief: Comparing the UK and California Age-Appropriate Design Codes Coming up soon! You won’t want to miss FPF’s final session in our virtual Immersive Tech Panel Series on […]

On October 30, 2023, FPF provided testimony before a hearing of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education regarding H.532/S.280, an Act Relative to Student and Educator Data Privacy. Our testimony focused on highlighting relevant FPF resources for policymakers (including a case study on student privacy in Utah, our state student privacy laws tracker, and a series of student data privacy […]

On October 30, FPF provided testimony before a hearing of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education regarding H.532/S.280, an Act Relative to Student and Educator Data Privacy. Read our written testimony in full. Our testimony focused on highlighting relevant FPF resources for policymakers (including a case study on student privacy in Utah, our state student […]

On November 15, 2023, the Future of Privacy Forum filed comments with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to their request for comment on Kids Online Health and Safety as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s interagency Task Force on Kids Online Health & Safety.  Read the FPF Blog to learn more.

On November 15, the Future of Privacy Forum filed comments with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to their request for comment on Kids Online Health and Safety as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Interagency Task Force on Kids Online Health & Safety.  Read the comments here. Young people increasingly engage with […]

[…] districts across the country wrestle with questions about how to manage the proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies in tools and products used in K-12 classrooms. In the 2022–2023 school year, districts used an average of 2,591 different edtech tools. While there is no standard convention for indicating that a product or service uses AI, […]