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 […]
Synthetic Content: Exploring the Risks, Technical Approaches, and Regulatory Responses
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released a new report, Synthetic Content: Exploring the Risks, Technical Approaches, and Regulatory Responses, which analyzes the various approaches being pursued to address the risks associated with “synthetic” content – material produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. As more people use generative AI to create synthetic content, […]
FPF Submits Comments to Inform New York Children’s Privacy Rulemaking Processes
[…] benefits of various methods for conducting age assurance and parental consent. In particular we note that: 1. There are three primary categories of age assurance in the United States: age declaration, age estimation, and age verification. Each method has its own challenges and risks that should be carefully balanced across the state interest in […]
Updated FPF Infographic Explores Data in Connected Vehicles
Today, The Future of Privacy Forum is launching the Data and the Connected Vehicle Infographic 2.0, including new updates to account for the types of data associated with connected vehicles, features in and outside of the vehicle, and data handlers who receive and process data. Lawmakers, manufacturers, privacy professionals, and consumers are actively engaged in […]
Does the GDPR Need Fixing? The European Commission Weighs In
[…] adequacy decision for the EU-US Privacy Shield, the EU and the US developed the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: introduced by an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, the Commission followed suit, adopting an adequacy decision, with a first review set to take place in 2024. New adequacy decisions in […]
Contextualizing the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act: A Deep Dive into the Federal Kids Bill
[…] Act (“COPPA 2.0”), which was first introduced in 2019. KOSPA contains new provisions and a variety of provisions that would amend, and in some cases augment, the United States’ well-established existing federal children’s privacy law, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). KOSPA’s passage in the Senate marks the most substantial advancement in federal […]
Top Six Major Privacy Enforcement Trends: A U.S. Legislation Retrospective
Enforcement activity intensifies as U.S. consumer privacy laws continue to evolve and come into effect. In 2023 and 2024 alone, there have been dozens of enforcement actions at the U.S. federal and state levels, some of which reveal or touch on significant throughlines for privacy policy issues, such as what constitutes a privacy violation or […]
The World’s First Binding Treaty on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Regulation of AI in Broad Strokes
[…] drafted by the CAI, composed of Ministers representing not only the CoE’s 46 Member States, but also of Ministers or high-level representatives from the Governments of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Israel, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina. In addition to representatives of prominent human rights groups, the meetings of the CAI and the […]
The North Star State Joins the State Privacy Law Constellation
On May 19, 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed HF 4757, an omnibus budget bill that includes the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). The bill now heads to Governor Walz for signature. Developed by State Representative Steve Elkins over nearly five years and multiple legislative sessions, the MNCDPA is among the strongest iterations of the […]
Now, On the Internet, Will Everyone Know if You’re a Child?
With help from Laquan Bates, Policy Intern for Youth and Education How Knowledge Standards Have Changed the Status Quo As minors increasingly spend time online, lawmakers continue to introduce legislation to enhance the privacy and safety of kids’ and teens’ online experiences beyond the existing Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) framework. Proposals have proliferated […]