Consent for Processing Personal Data in the Age of AI: Key Updates Across Asia-Pacific
This Issue Brief summarizes key developments in data protection laws across the Asia-Pacific region since 2022, when the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) published a series of reports examining 14 jurisdictions in the region. We found that while many offer alternative legal bases for data processing, consent remains […]
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Analysis and Commentary: “Re-identification” of Governor William Weld ©DCB-J July, 2012 1 The “Re-identification” of Governor William Weld’s Medical Information: A Critical Re-examination of Health Data Identification Risks and Privacy Protections, Then and Now Author: Daniel C. Barth-Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. […]
The Curse of Dimensionality: De-identification Challenges in the Sharing of Highly Dimensional Datasets
The 2006 release by AOL of search queries linked to individual users and the re-identification of some of those users is one of the best known privacy disasters in internet history. Less well known is that AOL had released the data to meet intense demand from academic researchers who saw this valuable data set as essential […]
Updated Conformity Assessments under the EU AI Act: a step-by step guide with the final text of the AI Act
Conformity Assessments under the EU AI Act: A step-by step guide Updated with the final text of the AI Act APRIL 2025 Authors: Andreea Serban, Vasileios Rovilos,* Katerina Demetzou* Editors: Lee Matheson, Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Rob van Eijk, Gulam Chagani, Anastasia Konova, Francesco Saturnino, Alexis Kateifides Copyeditor: Alexander Thompson The authors thank Chuma Akana for his […]
FPF_AI_Governance_Behind_the_Scenes_R3_PRINT_-_2025_Update
AI GOVERNANCE BEHIND THE SCENES Emerging Practices for AI Impact Assessments DECEMBER 2024 Daniel Berrick Policy Counsel for Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum AUTHORED BY This report benefited from review, recommendations, and contributions from Anne J. Flanagan, Katy Wills, Stacey Gray, Jim Siegl, and Beth Do. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Executive Summary ________________________________________________________________________ ______________ 2 Introduction ________________________________________________________________________ […]
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AI GOVERNANCE BEHIND THE SCENES Emerging Practices for AI Impact Assessments DECEMBER 2024 Daniel Berrick Policy Counsel for Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum AUTHORED BY This report benefited from review, recommendations, and contributions from Anne J. Flanagan, Katy Wills, Stacey Gray, Jim Siegl, and Beth Do. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS About Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) The […]
FPF_AI_Governance_Behind_the_Scenes_Digital_-_2025_Update
AI GOVERNANCE BEHIND THE SCENES Emerging Practices for AI Impact Assessments DECEMBER 2024 Daniel Berrick Policy Counsel for Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum AUTHORED BY This report benefited from review, recommendations, and contributions from Anne J. Flanagan, Katy Wills, Stacey Gray, Jim Siegl, and Beth Do. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS About Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) The […]
FPF_APAC_GenAI_A4_Digital_R5_-_2025_Update
Navigating Governance Frameworks for Generative AI Systemsin the Asia-Pacific M AY 2 0 2 4 AUTHORED BY Dominic Paulger Policy Manager for Asia-Pacific, Future of Privacy Forum This paper benefited from review and recommendations by Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Anne J. Flanagan, Rob van Eijk, and Josh Lee Kok Thong. It also benefited from review and contributions from Bianca-Ioana Marcu […]
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J U LY 2 0 2 4 CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING AND PRIVACY Policy Implications of Trusted Execution Environments Samuel Adams Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum Stacey Gray Senior Director for U.S. Policy, Future of Privacy Forum Dr. Aaron Massey Senior Policy Analyst and Technologist, Future of Privacy Forum Dr. Rob van Eijk Managing Director for […]
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J U LY 2 0 2 4 CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING AND PRIVACY Policy Implications of Trusted Execution Environments FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM | J U LY 2 0 2 4 1 Samuel Adams Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum Stacey Gray Senior Director for U.S. Policy, Future of Privacy Forum Dr. Aaron Massey Senior Policy Analyst […]