The Right to be Let a Lone Star State: Texas Passes Comprehensive Privacy Bill
Over Memorial Day weekend Texas lawmakers passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) with unanimous votes in both the State House and Senate. If enacted by Governor Abbott, Texas will become the tenth U.S. state (and fifth in 2023) to enact broad-based data privacy legislation governing the collection, use, and transfer of consumer […]
During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a look at how better data can benefit AANHPI individuals and communities
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), a celebration of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in the United States. However, there are challenges that this rapidly growing racial group experiences, specifically regarding the collection and use of AANHPI data. In honor of APAHM, we are highlighting the gaps in research and […]
Megan McCollum
What to Expect from the Review of Australia’s Privacy Act
The author thanks Anna Johnston and Alex Kotova (Salinger Privacy) for their review and comments and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Josh Lee Kok Thong, Lee Matheson, and Isabella Perera (FPF) for their support with editing this post. On February 16, 2023, Australia’s Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) released a final report (Review Report) on its multi-year review of Australia’s […]
Personal Data Protection Week 2023
This July, the Future of Privacy Forum will be participating in several events during Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore’s (PDPC) Personal Data Protection Week, as well as the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) Asia Privacy Forum 2023. Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) is the country’s main authority when it comes to issues of […]
Analysis of a Decade of Israeli Judicial Decisions Related to Data Protection (2012-2022)
Adv. Rivki Dvash with the assistance of Mr. Guy Zomer1 Background The Future of Privacy Forum’s office in Tel Aviv (Israel Technology Policy Institute – ITPI) sought to examine the judicial decisions in civil actions under Israel’s Privacy Law, which includes rules that regulate data protection. We examined the extent to which the general public […]
A New Paradigm for Consumer Health Data Privacy in Washington State
The Washington ‘My Health, My Data’ Act (MHMD or the Act) establishes a fundamentally new legal framework within U.S. law to regulate the collection, use, and transfer of consumer health data. Signed into law by Governor Inslee on April 27, MHMD was introduced by request of the Washington Attorney General in response to the Supreme […]
FPF Announces Recipients of the Third Annual Award for Research Data Stewardship
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection headquartered in Washington, D.C. — announced the winners of the third annual Award for Research Data Stewardship. FPF is a long-standing advocate for privacy-protective data sharing by industry to the research community to advance scientific insights and drive progress in […]
FPF at the 2023 IAPP Global Privacy Summit
Earlier this month, IAPP held its annual Global Privacy Summit (GPS) in Washington, DC. FPF played a major role in bringing together a team of seven renowned privacy experts on 11 panel discussions and varying peer-to-peer roundtables ranging from U.S. privacy law to AI tech and regulation to regional contractual frameworks for data transfers. FPF […]
