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In October 2021, the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) published a Request for Information (RFI) regarding uses, harms, and recommendations for biometric technologies. Over 130 entities responded to the RFI, including advocacy organizations, scientists, experts in healthcare, lawyers, and technology companies. While most commenters agreed on core concepts of biometric technologies used […]

Author: Dale Rappaneau Dale Rappaneau is a policy intern at the Future of Privacy Forum and a 3L at the University of Maine School of Law. On March 9, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on “Ensuring Responsible Developments of Digital Assets” (“the Order”), published together with an explanatory Fact Sheet. The Order states […]

The following is a guest post to the FPF blog from Lokke Moerel, Professor of Global ICT Law at Tilburg University and a Dutch Cyber Security Council member.  Guest blog posts do not necessarily reflect the views of FPF.  1. Introduction There is a call for a rational debate on trans-Atlantic data transfers. Frustrations increase […]

The risks of falling short on privacy compliance are greater than they have ever been.  New laws are going into effect around the world and in the states, enforcement agencies are exercising their authority and media organizations have teams devoted to identifying data protection failures. Legal judgments can run into the billions. And most important, […]

FPF convened policy, academic, and industry privacy experts to discuss privacy metrics and their benefits, and published a report based on their discussions. Through these discussions, we learned that beyond demonstrating compliance, privacy metrics have emerged as a key measure to improve privacy program performance and maturity in terms of customer trust, risk mitigation, and […]