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[…] content and targeted advertisements. When provided with appropriate transparency and control, such personalization can be relevant and responsive to consumers’ needs, generate increased business revenues, and subsidize free online content. 11 With the development of nationwide broadband availability, companies will have additional opportunities to develop new business models, improve data collection technologies, create new […]

[…] chain cybersecurity attacks have become one of the most significant risks to national and organizational security. The 2020 SolarWinds breach demonstrated how integrated environments built on shared code, automated updates, and implicit trust in upstream vendors can allow a single vendor breach to cascade across agencies and enterprises. That incident granted foreign adversaries unauthorized […]

[…] of personal data by “covered nations” (i.e., North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran); and negotiate international agreements with foreign governments, forums, or political and economic unions to promote cross-border data flows. The latter provision would seemingly cover agreements such as the existing EU/UK/Switzerland – U.S. Data Privacy Framework, opening the possibility for such agreements […]

[…] provides: “This act shall not apply to any of the following: . . . A business, including an organization cooperatively organized under Chapter 6 of Title 37, Code of Alabama 1975, or an entity that is an instrumentality of a municipal corporation, with fewer than 500 employees, provided the business does not engage in […]

[…] pave the path for privacy law and the modern Internet. He has had a hand in advising and shaping thinking on many leading-edge tech issues, including Internet free speech, Internet hate speech, and the parameters of government access to stored information. FPF staff who have known and worked with Christopher praised him as a […]

The way prices are set is changing: more accessible data, sophisticated algorithms, and ubiquitous online shopping have given retailers the ability to automatically tailor offers to customers in real-time or near-real-time based on increasing amounts of data about markets and consumers. A number of pricing strategies involving personal data, market data, and advanced machine learning—what […]

[…] Justine Gluck, Jared Bomberg, Soo Kang, Sean Perryman, and all other reviewers for their support on this report. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All FPF materials that are released publicly are free to share and adapt with appropriate attribution. Learn more . 1 Future of Privacy Forum | The Price is Right: Responsible Uses of Personal Data in […]

[…] otherwise the collection and use of biometric information is categorized as related to “high-risk” AI systems .  RBI systems can create a risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals simply by being deployed. The European Commission Guidelines and the AI Act Recitals both emphasize the risk of a “chilling effect” on the exercise […]

The West Coast now has a full set of chatbot laws on the books. Following California’s SB 243 (signed in 2025 and effective January 1, 2026) both Oregon (SB 1546) and Washington (HB 2225) enacted companion chatbot laws that will take effect on January 1, 2027. Together, these laws establish a new framework for regulating […]

[…] designed to reinforce or prolong user engagement. Washington, by contrast, regulates a wide range of interaction patterns, including excessive praise, mimicking emotional or romantic relationships, discouraging breaks, promoting isolation, and encouraging gift-giving/ expenditures tied to the chatbot relationship. This broader scope means Washington’s law may require more significant design changes and ongoing judgment calls […]