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[…] Impact of Precolonial Centralization in Africa https://www.jstor.org/stable/40216120 26 See the HIPPSA-ITU project for Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa 27 Ogheneruemu Oneyibo, A Zimbabwean Data Protection Act to rule them all. Or not https://techpoint.africa/2021/12/17/ zimbabwe-data-protection-act/ 28 Article 8(2), Malabo Convention 29 Article 40, SADC Model law 30 Article 38 ECCAS Model Law/ CEMAC Directive

[…] are still at their infancy stage, they are constantly developing. Cape Verde was the first country to enact a data protection law in 2001. Countries such as Zimbabwe enacted their data protection law as recently as December 2021. This blog analyzes the landmark judgment of the High Court of Kenya in the Huduma Card […]

“Algorithmic pricing,” “surveillance pricing,” “dynamic pricing”: in states across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing legislation to regulate a range of practices that use large amounts of data and algorithms to routinely inform decisions about the prices and products offered to consumers. These bills—targeting what this analysis collectively calls “data-driven pricing”—follow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s […]

Introduction As the U.S. population ages, technologies that can help support older adults are becoming increasingly important. These tools, often called “AgeTech”, exist at the intersection of health data, consumer technology, caregiving relationships, and increasingly, artificial intelligence, and are drawing significant investment. Hundreds of well funded start-ups have launched. Many are of major interest to […]

FPF is pleased to welcome our colleague Bianca-Ioana Marcu to her new role as Managing Director of FPF Europe. With extensive experience in privacy and data protection, she takes on this responsibility at a pivotal moment for digital regulation in Europe. In this blog, we will explore her perspectives on the evolving privacy landscape, her […]

Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a new paper—Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions & Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy Legislation. Data minimization is a bedrock principle of privacy and data protection law, with origins in the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and the Privacy Act of 1974. At a high […]

[…] and privacy budget management. Errors in implementation, such as underestimating sensitivity or mismanaging the privacy budget across multiple queries (due to composition rules), can silently undermine the promised privacy guarantees. Defining the “privacy unit” (e.g., user, query, session) appropriately is critical; misclassification can lead to unintended disclosures. Auditing DP implementations for correctness is also […]

FPF and University of Arizona Eller College of Management Awarded Grant by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Address Privacy Implications, and Data Uses of Technologies Aimed at Aging At Home The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI and emerging technologies–has been awarded a grant from the Alfred […]

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 […]

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 […]