Brussels Privacy Symposium 2025 Report – A Data Protection (R)evolution?
Co-Author: Margherita Corrado Editor: Bianca Ioana-Marcu This year’s Brussels Privacy Symposium, held on 14 October 2025, brought together stakeholders from across Europe and beyond for a conversation about the GDPR’s role within the EU’s evolving digital framework. Co-organized jointly by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Brussels Privacy Hub of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, […]
FPF releases Issue Brief on Brazil’s Digital ECA: new paradigm of safety & privacy for minors online
This Issue Brief analyzes Brazil’s recently enacted children’s online safety law, summarizing its key provisions and how they interact with existing principles and obligations under the country’s general data protection law (LGPD). It provides insight into an emerging paradigm of protection for minors in online environments through an innovative and strengthened institutional framework, focusing on […]
FPF releases Issue Brief on Brazil’s Digital ECA: new paradigm of safety & privacy for minors online
This Issue Brief analyzes Brazil’s recently enacted children’s online safety law, summarizing its key provisions and how they interact with existing principles and obligations under the country’s general data protection law (LGPD). It provides insight into an emerging paradigm of protection for minors in online environments through an innovative and strengthened institutional framework, focusing on […]
What’s New in COPPA 2.0? A Summary of the Proposed Changes
On November 25th, U.S. House Energy and Commerce introduced a comprehensive bill package to advance child online privacy and safety, which included its own version of the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA 2.0”) to modernize COPPA. First enacted in 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a federal law that provides important online protections […]
What’s New in COPPA 2.0? A Summary of the Proposed Changes
On November 25th, U.S. House Energy and Commerce introduced a comprehensive bill package to advance child online privacy and safety, which included its own version of the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA 2.0”) to modernize COPPA. First enacted in 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a federal law that […]
Student Privacy Pledge
ABOUT THE PLEDGE As of April 25, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum has retired the Student Privacy Pledge previously hosted at studentprivacypledge.org. After ten years, FPF retired this program in response to the changing technological and policy landscape regarding education technology (edtech). We are maintaining a public list of Pledge signatories through July 31, 2025. Read […]
FPF Holiday Gift Guide for AI-Enabled, Privacy-Forward AgeTech
On Cyber Monday, giving supportive technology to an older loved one or caregiver is a great option. Finding the perfect holiday gift for an older adult who values their independence can be a challenge. This year, it might be worth exploring the exciting world of AI-enabled AgeTech. It’s not only gadgets; it’s also about giving […]
GPA 2025: AI development and human oversight of decisions involving AI systems were this year’s focus for Global Privacy regulators
The 47th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), an annual gathering of the world’s privacy and data protection authorities, took place between September 15 and 19, 2025, hosted by South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission in Seoul. Over 140 authorities from more than 90 countries are members of the GPA, and its annual conferences serve as an […]
FPF Submits Comments on Personal Financial Data Rights Reconsideration
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), was pleased to provide comments and recommendations regarding the CFPB’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for its Personal Financial Data Rights Reconsideration. FPF appreciates that the CFPB in its ANPR is exploring certain significant components of the final rule, with a view to improve the regulation for consumers […]
Understanding the New Wave of Chatbot Legislation: California SB 243 and Beyond
As more states consider how to govern AI-powered chatbots, California’s SB 243 joins New York’s S-3008C as one of the first few enacted laws governing companion chatbots and stands out as the first to include protections tailored to minors. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this month, the law focuses on transparency and youth safety, requiring “companion chatbot” operators to adopt new […]