Brazil’s ANPD Preliminary Study on Generative AI highlights the dual nature of data protection law: balancing rights with technological innovation
Brazil’s Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (“ANPD”) Technology and Research Unit (“CGTP”) released the preliminary study Inteligência Artificial Generativa (“Preliminary Study on GenAI”, in Portuguese) as part of its Technological Radar series, on November 29, 2024. A short English version of the study was also released by the agency in December 2024. This analysis […]
FPF Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
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 20 […]
Framework for the Future- Reviewing Data Privacy in Today’s Financial System
Written Testimony of Zoe Strickland Senior Fellow, Future of Privacy Forum Before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions “Framework for the Future: Reviewing Data Privacy in Today’s Financial System” June 5, 2025 On behalf of the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), I thank you for the opportunity to testify about […]
FPF Unveils Paper on State Data Minimization Trends
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a new paper—Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions & Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy 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 […]
Vermont and Nebraska: Diverging Experiments in State Age-Appropriate Design Codes
In May 2025, Nebraska and Vermont passed Age-Appropriate Design Code Acts (AADCs), continuing the bipartisan trend of states advancing protections for youth online. While these new bills arrived within the same week and share both a common name and general purpose, their scope, applicability, and substance take two very different approaches to a common goal: […]
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2023 ANNUAL REPORT FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM 1 CONTENTS About Future of Privacy Forum ____________________2 FPF’s Workstreams & Regions _____________________ 3 Leadership Letter _______________________________ 4 Navigating the Landscape ________________________ 5 Safegaurding Youth _____________________________ 7 Global Spotlight on Privacy _______________________ 8 The Year of Artificial Intelligence _________________10 FPF Analyses _________________________________ 12 Membership Community & Events _________________14 […]
Amendments to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act Bring Big Changes to Big Sky Country
On May 8, Montana Governor Gianforte signed SB 297, amending the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA). This amendment was sponsored by Senator Zolnikov, who also championed the underlying law’s enactment in 2023. Much has changed in the state privacy law landscape since the MCDPA was first enacted, and SB 297 incorporates elements of further […]
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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 […]