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[…] Rights Act (CPRA) ballot initiative expanded California’s privacy regime, establishing heightened protections for certain sensitive personal information and providing a right to correct inaccurate data. In 2021, Virginia (VCDPA) and Colorado (CPA) enacted laws that are notable for creating ‘opt-in’ affirmative consent requirements in addition to California-style ‘opt-out’ privacy rights. Finally, in 2022, Connecticut […]

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today released a new policy brief comparing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), a first-of-its-kind privacy-by-design law in the United States, and the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. While there are distinctions between the two codes, the California AADC, which is set to become enforceable on July […]

In recent years, there has been an uptick in new (comprehensive) data protection laws in the Asia Pacific (APAC). This trend introduces challenges for cross-border compliance, particularly for the industry, legal practitioners, and the community of data protection regulators. As a result of the difficulties, these stakeholders acknowledge that there is a need for […]

[…] range of activities, including detecting and addressing disparate outcomes. As a practical matter, the FTC acts as the primary U.S. privacy enforcement agency. Although FPF views a new, pragmatic, comprehensive federal privacy law as the ideal mechanism for grappling with complex technologies and data flows, clear and practical FTC rules defining unfair and deceptive […]

[…] further processing to improve representations of virtual content or enable shared experiences. While these transmissions of data may improve a user’s XR experiences, they can also create new privacy and data protection risks for users and bystanders. Eye tracking underpins many current and future-facing use cases, such as enhanced graphics, expressive avatars, and personalized […]

[…] the International Observatory on Vulnerable People in Data Protection, led by the Brussels Privacy Hub and supported by the Future of Privacy Forum. The observatory aims to promote a mature debate on the multifaceted connotations surrounding the notions of human “vulnerability” and “marginalization” existing in the data protection and privacy domains. “I’m excited to […]

When companies share data with researchers in a way that protects data, the collaboration can unlock new scientific insights and drive progress in medicine, public health, education, social science, and many other fields.  FPF is thrilled to announce the open nomination period for FPF’s 3rd Annual Award for Research Data Stewardship. The Award recognizes […]

[…] data about the controller’s position, such as the controller’s linear acceleration and rotational velocity, as well as optical data about the user’s environment. Some manufacturers are introducing new data collection systems that overcome other methods’ deficiencies, such as when the controllers are outside of the cameras’ view. When visual information about a controller’s position […]

[…] implications, including whether remote proctoring practices violate students’ privacy rights. In August, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio offered some clarity–as well as new questions–when it granted summary judgment to college student Aaron Ogletree (“the student”), in his Fourth Amendment lawsuit against Cleveland State University (“CSU,” or “the university”). The […]

As businesses increasingly develop and adopt extended reality (XR) technologies, including virtual (VR), mixed (MR), and augmented (AR) reality, the urgency to consider potential privacy and data protection risks to users and bystanders grows. Lawmakers, regulators, and other experts are increasingly interested in how XR technologies work, what data protection risks they pose, and what […]