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With help from Selin Fidan, Beth Do, Daniel Berrick, and Angela Guo Immersive technologies like spatial computing, gaming, and extended reality (XR) offer exciting ways to experience and engage with the world. However, interfaces for immersive technologies that further blur the lines between the physical and the virtual may also open the door to new, […]

FPF’s Youth and Education team has developed a checklist and accompanying policy brief to help schools vet generative AI tools for compliance with student privacy laws. Vetting Generative AI Tools for Use in Schools is a crucial resource as the use of generative AI tools continues to increase in educational settings. It’s critical for school […]

On April 6, the Maryland Senate concurred with House amendments to SB 541, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), sending the bill to Governor Moore for signature. If enacted, MODPA could be a paradigm-shifting addition to the state privacy law landscape. While recent state comprehensive privacy laws generally have added to the existing landscape […]

On January 16, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S332 into law, making New Jersey the thirteenth U.S. State to adopt a comprehensive privacy law to govern the collection, use, and transfer of personal data. S332 endured a long and circuitous route to enactment, having been introduced in January 2022 and amended six times before being passed […]

On October 13, 2023, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the U.S.’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a “Crosswalk” of IMDA’s AI Verify testing framework and NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). Developed under the aegis of the Singapore–U.S. Partnership for Growth and Innovation, the Crosswalk is a mapping document […]

Authors: Stephanie Wong, Amber Ezzell, & Felicity Slater As an increasing number of organizations utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) in their patient-facing services, health organizations are seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the new wave of AI-powered tools. Policymakers, from United States (“U.S.”) government agencies to the White House, have taken heed of this trend, […]

Authors: Stephanie Wong, Amber Ezzell, & Felicity Slater As an increasing number of organizations utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) in their patient-facing services, health organizations are seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the new wave of AI-powered tools. Policymakers, from United States (“U.S.”) government agencies to the White House, have taken heed of this trend, […]

[…] within and outside the privacy context. Nevertheless, lawmakers appear keen to explore new governance models that will allow the U.S. to unlock the social and economic benefits promised by AI while minimizing risks to both individuals and communities. As has been the case with commercial privacy legislation, California once again appears poised to play […]

Today, 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 […]

Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a report on corporate-academic partnerships that provides practical recommendations for companies and researchers who want to share data for research. The Report, Data Sharing for Research: A Compendium of Case Studies, Analysis, and Recommendations, demonstrates how, for many organizations, data-sharing partnerships are transitioning from being considered an […]