FPF Unveils Report on the Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) launched a new report—Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law: Surveying the State Privacy Law Landscape and Recent Legislative Trends. By distilling this broad landscape to identify the “anatomy” of state comprehensive privacy law, this report highlights the strong commonalities and the nuanced differences between the various laws, showing […]
The African Union’s Continental AI Strategy: Data Protection and Governance Laws Set to Play a Key Role in AI Regulation
By Chuma Akana, Former FPF Global Privacy Summer Fellow and Mercy King’ori, FPF Policy Analyst, Global Privacy The African Union (AU) Executive Council, composed of representatives of the 55 African Member States, approved the highly anticipated AU AI Continental Strategy (the Strategy) in July 2024. The adoption of the Strategy follows a period of stakeholder […]
U.S. Legislative Trends in AI-Generated Content: 2024 and Beyond
Standing in front of the U.S. flag and dressed as Uncle Sam, Taylor Swift proudly proclaims that you should vote for Joe Biden for President. She then wants you to vote for Donald Trump in a nearly identical image circulated by former President Trump himself. Both the images, and the purported sentiments, are fabricated, the […]
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FPF Submits Comments to the D.C. Council Committee on Health on the Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2024 & the Role of Consent
As the D.C. Council considers the important issue of safeguarding health data, FPF writes with feedback on the role of consent in the Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2024 (“CHIPPA”). We commend the D.C. Council’s efforts to advance individual health data privacy rights and protections. CHIPPA is closely modeled on Washington State’s My […]
Processing of Personal Data for AI Training in Brazil: Takeaways from ANPD’s Preliminary Decisions in the Meta Case
Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across the globe are currently wrestling with fundamental questions raised by the emergence of generative AI and its compatibility with data protection laws. A key issue is under which legal basis companies might be able to process personal data for training AI models. Another one is how the rights of individuals […]