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Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and used for various reasons – like when you use social media, shop online, redeem digital coupons at the store, or browse the internet.  Sometimes, information is collected about you by one company and then shared or sold […]

As organizations develop more immersive technologies, and rely on the collection, use, and transferring of body-related data, they need to ensure their data practices not only maintain legal compliance, but also more fulsomely protect people’s privacy. To guide organizations as they develop their body-related data practices, the Future of Privacy Forum created the Risk Framework […]

2024 FPF Events and Meetings FPF Events 14th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers – This annual event recognizes leading privacy scholarship relevant to policymakers in the United States Congress, federal agencies, and international data protection authorities. Join FPF on February 27 as award winners showcase their papers, and Senator Peter Welch provides this year’s opening […]

Organizations are increasingly incorporating immersive technologies like extended reality (XR) and virtual worlds into their products and services, blurring the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. Immersive technologies hold the potential to transform the way people learn, work, play, travel, and take care of their health, but may create new privacy risks as well. […]

DECEMBER 2023 RISK FRAMEWORK FOR B O DY- R E L AT E D DATA I N IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. Learn more about FPF by visiting fpf.org. […]

In the summer of 2021, FPF announced our participation in a collaborative project with researchers from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Michigan to develop and build a searchable database of privacy policies and other privacy-related documents, with the support of the National Science Foundation. This project, PrivaSeer, has since become an evolving, […]

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E-BOOK | NOVEMBER 2023 Conformity Assessments Under the proposed EU AI Act: A Step-By-Step Guide Authors: Katerina Demetzou, Vasileios Rovilos Editors: Gabriela Zan-r-Fortuna, Rob van Eijk, Andrew Clearwater, Alexis Katei-des Copyeditor: Alexander Thompson CONFORMITY ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE PROPOSED EU AI ACT |  2 DISCLAIMER: Copyright © 2023 Future of Privacy Forum and OneTrust LLC. Please contact […]

Privacy by design for kids and teens has expanded across the globe. As policymakers, advocates, and companies grapple with the ever-changing landscape of youth privacy regulation, the Future of Privacy Forum recently hosted a webinar discussing the current state of kids’ and teens’ privacy policy. The webinar explored the current frameworks that are influential worldwide, […]

With contributions from Aaron Massey, FPF Senior Policy Analyst and Technologist, Keir Lamont, Director for U.S. Legislation, and Tariq Yusuf, FPF Policy Intern Several technologies can help individuals configure their devices to automatically opt out of web services’ requests to sell or share personal information for targeted advertising. Seven state privacy laws require that organizations […]