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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). […]

[…] is ca n b e fo und in th e N YT v. OpenA I la w su it o ve r ChatG PT’s outp ut of New Yo rk Tim es artic le s, an d in r e se arc h fr o m G oog le Deep M in d , […]

[…] conducting a 6(b) investigation to study how firms are engaging in so-called “surveillance pricing,” and the release of preliminary insights from this study in early 2025. With new FTC leadership signalling that continuing the study is not a priority, state lawmakers have stepped in to scrutinize certain pricing schemes involving algorithms and personal data. […]

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[…] lawmaker interest in regulating what’s being considered a distinct, particularly sensitive kind of data: information about people’s thoughts, feelings, and mental activity. Created in response to the burgeoning neurotechnology  industry, neural data laws in the U.S. seek to extend existing protections for the most sensitive of personal data to the newly-conceived legal category of “neural data.”

[…] category of “neural data.” Each of these laws defines “neural data” in related but distinct ways, raising a number of important questions: just how broad should this new data type be? How can lawmakers draw clear boundaries for a data type that, in theory, could apply to anything that reveals an individual’s mental activity? […]

[…] focusing on making the industry more capable of using AI responsibly. Wan Sie pointed to AI Verify, Singapore’s AI governance testing framework and toolkit, and the IMDA’s new Global AI Assurance Sandbox, as mechanisms that help organizations ensure their AI systems could demonstrate greater trustworthiness to users. Josh focused on trends from across the […]

[…] a controlled environment, usually combining regulatory oversight with reduced enforcement. Sandboxes often encourage organizations to use real-world data in novel ways, with companies and regulators learning how new data practices are aligned –  or misaligned – with existing governance frameworks. The lessons learned can inform future data practices and potential regulatory revisions. In recent […]

[…] adoption of these technologies and their intersection with data protection laws.  Mastercard’s Chief Privacy Officer, Caroline Louveaux, presented the first PET, a privacy-preserving technology tested in a new cross-border fraud detection system. Louveaux presented how the system employs Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), a technique that enables analysis of encrypted data, and the participants discussed […]

[…] s E xe cu tiv e Sum mary The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Mozilla Foundation hosted a PETs Workshop featuring short, expert panels exploring new and emerging Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET s) applications. A group of technical, legal, and policy experts from industry, civil society, and academia participated in the workshop, […]