Innovation and Data Privacy Are Not Natural Enemies: Insights from Korea’s Experience
The following is a guest post to the FPF blog authored by Dr. Haksoo Ko, Professor at Seoul National University School of Law, FPF Senior Fellow and former Chairperson of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission. The guest post reflects the opinion of the author only and does not necessarily reflect the position or views […]
Making Sense of Vietnam’s Latest Data Protection and Governance Regime: The Law on Protection of Personal Data and the Law on Data
The Data Law is Vietnam’s first comprehensive framework for the governance of digital data (both personal and non-personal), and applies to all Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals, as well as foreign agencies, organizations and individuals either in Vietnam or directly participating or are related to digital data activities in Vietnam. The data law became effective […]
Global Privacy Summer Fellow Program
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. FPF brings together industry, academics, consumer advocates, and other thought leaders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and […]
The RAISE Act vs. SB 53: A Tale of Two Frontier AI Laws
On December 19, New York Governor Hochul (D) signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, ending months of uncertainty after the bill passed the legislature in June and making New York the second state to enact a statute specifically focused on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) safety and transparency. Sponsored by Assemblymember Bores (D) […]
The RAISE Act vs. SB 53: A Tale of Two Frontier AI Laws
What the enactment of New York’s RAISE Act reveals compared to California’s SB 53, the nation’s first frontier AI law On December 19, New York Governor Hochul (D) signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, ending months of uncertainty after the bill passed the legislature in June and making New York the second […]
FPF Year in Review 2025
Co-authored by FPF Communications Intern Celeste Valentino with contributions from FPF Global Communications Manager Joana Bala This year, FPF continued to broaden its footprint across priority areas of data governance, further expanding activities across a range of cross-sector topics, including AI, Youth, Conflict of Laws, AgeTech (seniors), and Cyber-Security. We have engaged extensively at the local […]
FPF Releases Issue Brief on Vietnam’s Law on Protection of Personal Data and the Law on Data
Vietnam is undergoing a sweeping transformation of its data protection and governance framework. Over the past two years, the country has accelerated its efforts to modernize its regulatory architecture for data, culminating in the passage of two landmark pieces of legislation in 2025: the Law on Personal Data Protection (Law No. 91/2025/QH15) (PDP Law), which […]
Five Big Questions (and Zero Predictions) for the U.S. Privacy and AI Landscape in 2026
Introduction For better or worse, the U.S. is heading into 2026 under a familiar backdrop: no comprehensive federal privacy law, plenty of federal rumblings, and state legislators showing no signs of slowing down. What has changed is just how intertwined privacy, youth, and AI policy debates have become, whether the issue is sensitive data, data-driven […]
Youth Privacy in Australia: Insights from National Policy Dialogues
Throughout the fall of 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), in partnership with the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), convened a series of three expert panel discussions across Australia exploring the intersection of privacy, security, and online safety for young people. This event series built on the […]
Youth Privacy in Australia: Insights from National Policy Dialogues
Throughout the fall of 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), in partnership with the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), convened a series of three expert panel discussions across Australia exploring the intersection of privacy, security, and online safety for young people. This event series built on the […]