Record Set: Assessing Points of Emphasis from Public Input on the FTC’s Privacy Rulemaking
More than 1,200 law firms, advocacy organizations, trade associations, companies, researchers, and others responded to the Federal Trade Commission’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security.” Significantly, the ANPR initiates a process that may result in comprehensive regulation of data privacy and security in the United States, and also marks […]
FPF at IAPP’s Europe Data Protection Congress 2022: Global State of Play, Automated Decision-Making, and US Privacy Developments
Authored by Christina Michelakaki, FPF Intern for Global Policy On November 16 and 17, 2022, the IAPP hosted the Europe Data Protection Congress 2022 – Europe’s largest annual gathering of data protection experts. During the Congress, members of the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) team moderated and spoke at three different panels. Additionally, on November […]
Five Big Questions (and Zero Predictions) for the U.S. State Privacy Landscape in 2023
Entering 2023, the United States remains one of the only global economic powers that lacks a comprehensive, national framework governing the collection and use of consumer data throughout the economy. Congress made unprecedented progress toward enacting baseline privacy legislation in 2022. However, the apparent impasse in the efforts to move H.R. 8152, the American Data […]
FPF Releases Comparative Analysis of California and U.K. Age-Appropriate Design Codes
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today released a new policy brief comparing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), a first-of-its-kind privacy-by-design law in the United States, and the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. While there are distinctions between the two codes, the California AADC, which is set to become enforceable on July 1, […]
Understanding Extended Reality Technology & Data Flows: XR Functions
This post is the first in a two-part series on extended reality (XR) technology, providing an overview of the technology and associated privacy and data protection risks. Click here for FPF’s infographic, “Understanding Extended Reality Technology & Data Flows.” I. Introduction Today’s virtual (VR), mixed (MR), and augmented (AR) reality environments, collectively known as extended […]
Federal Court deems university’s use of room scans within the home unconstitutional
I. Summary A federal court recently ruled that a public university’s use of room-scanning technology during a remotely proctored exam violated a student’s Fourth Amendment right to privacy. The decision in Ogletree v. CSU is the clearest indication to date of how courts will treat Fourth Amendment challenges to public higher education institutions’ use of […]
FPF Releases Analysis of California’s New Age-Appropriate Design Code
FPF’s Youth & Education team is pleased to publish a new policy brief that builds on this first brief by providing a comparative analysis of the United Kingdom’s Age Appropriate Design Code (UK AADC) to the California AADC, which was modeled after the UK AADC. Learn more and download the UK and CA AADC Comparative policy brief here. […]
Are we there yet? The long road to nowhere: The demise of India’s draft data protection bill
In August 2022, the Government of India withdrew the country’s draft Personal Data Protection Bill from the Parliament’s consideration. This was a surprise move, coming after more than four years of consultations, as well as several statements from top officials that its passage was imminent and that there were no plans to scrap the Bill […]
Call for Nominations: 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit finished papers to be considered for FPF’s 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award. This award provides researchers with the opportunity to inject ideas into the current policy discussion, bringing relevant privacy research to the attention of […]
The “Colorado Effect?” Status Check on Colorado’s Privacy Rulemaking
Colorado is set to formally enter a rulemaking process which may establish de facto interpretations for privacy protections across the United States. With the passage of the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) in 2021, Colorado, along with Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut, became part of an emerging group of states adopting privacy laws that share a similar […]