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[…] new chapter for data privacy protections in the United States has commenced as more than twenty recently enacted significant state privacy laws have taken effect by July 1, 2025. To assist stakeholders in tracking the emerging state privacy landscape, the Future of Privacy Forum has prepared a resource listing key dates for state privacy […]

Introduction As the U.S. population ages, technologies that can help support older adults are becoming increasingly important. These tools, often called “AgeTech”, exist at the intersection of health data, consumer technology, caregiving relationships, and increasingly, artificial intelligence, and are drawing significant investment. Hundreds of well funded start-ups have launched. Many are of major interest […]

[…] and cooperate with government policies. Business Operators (defined in the Act as individuals or organizations planning to develop, offer, or incorporate artificial intelligence technologies into their products, services, or business operations) are encouraged to actively utilize AI to improve efficiency and innovate, and to cooperate with government policies. Citizens are expected to deepen their […]

[…] furtherance of any automated decision made by the controller that produces legal or similarly significant effect concerning the provision or denial of certain enumerated essential goods and services (e.g., education enrollment or opportunity). Allowing minors to opt-in to such profiling may open up opportunities that would otherwise be foreclosed, especially in areas like employment, […]

[…] which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for consideration. COPPA 2.0 would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), initially passed in 1998 to provide protections for teens. On June 25, 2025, the Senate Commerce Committee held a mark-up hearing in which the Committee members favorably reported the bill […]

[…] up the crowd for “The Big Debates.” This event’s debate-style format allowed the audience to participate via real-time voting before, during, and after the debaters’ presentations.  Debate 1: “Current U.S. Law Provides Effective Regulation for AI”  Will Rinehart, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, argued in favor of the statement, stating that existing […]

[…] Country ● Health: A View from DC: New York Readies to Pass an Extraordinary Health Privacy Law ● Location: FPF Mobility & Location March 2025 Working Group Call Notes ● FPF Report: Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law State & Federal Privacy Legislation and Regulation Discussion Lead: Jordan Francis and Keir Lamont CONTINUED: 6. […]

Today, FPF Senior Fellow Zoe Strickland testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, providing expert insight about data privacy in the financial system, focusing specifically on rulemaking under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.  With over 25 years of experience as a global chief privacy officer at Fortune […]

[…] Act), and children (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). Other privacy protection laws relate to topics like marketing, such as the CAN -SPAM Act and do -not – call requirements. U.S. laws can give federal agencies power to issue supporting regulations, such as the Federal Trade Commission for CAN -SPAM or the Consumer Financial Protection […]

[…] Legislation. Data minimization is a bedrock principle of privacy and data protection law, with origins in the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and the Privacy Act of 1974. At a high level, data minimization prohibits a covered entity from collecting, using, or retaining more personal data than is necessary to accomplish an identified, lawful […]