American University Center for Security, Innovation, & New Technology’s CSINT Conversations
FPF’s John Verdi will speak at the American University Center for Security, Innovation, & New Technology’s event CSINT Conversations: Stopping Online Abuse of Children: Could Apple Have the Answer? on Friday, January 21 from 12:00-1:30 pm EST
12th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
FPF is excited to announce the 12th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers winners and virtual awards! The award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and international data protection authorities. View the full event recap here.
Privacy & Pandemics: Corporate Data Sharing Workshop
Privacy and civil liberties are increasingly a point of inflection as efforts to collect and use population data to contain, mitigate and fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus are launched. FPF’s invite-only informal Privacy Pandemic: Corporate Data Sharing Workshop will address issues arising out of the quest to preserve our civil liberties and democratic […]
Privacy Papers for Policymakers 2021
The Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and international data protection authorities.
Understanding Federal Preemption
As consensus is reached on many aspects of federal privacy legislation, preemption is taking center stage in both the Senate and the House. Although frequently presented as a binary choice between preemption and no preemption, in truth there is great flexibility in the extent to which Congress may choose to preempt State laws. FPF Resources […]
Judge declares Buenos Aires’ Fugitive Facial Recognition System Unconstitutional
On September 7, a trial judge declared the implementation of the Fugitive Facial Recognition System (SRFP, for its name in Spanish) by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires unconstitutional. The decision set an important precedent for risks associated with privacy and intimacy in public spaces in the context of public surveillance for law […]
The “Colorado Effect?” Status Check on Colorado’s Privacy Rulemaking
Colorado is set to formally enter a rulemaking process which may establish de facto interpretations for privacy protections across the United States. With the passage of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) in 2021, Colorado, along with Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut, became part of an emerging group of states adopting privacy laws that share a similar […]
FPF Participates in FTC Event on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” Proposed Rulemaking
Yesterday, FPF Senior Director for U.S. Policy Stacey Gray participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) regarding its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” (comments start at 1:39:00). Feedback from the public forum is intended to help inform the Commission’s decision whether to proceed […]
