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On July 17, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) hosted the second in a series of Technologist Roundtables with the goal of convening an open dialogue on complex technical questions that impact law and policy, and assisting global data protection and privacy policymakers in understanding the relevant technical basics of large language models (LLMs). […]

[…] bills contain such exemptions—legislation might still inadvertently capture other accepted practices such as specials aligned with seasonal changes, bulk purchase discounts, deals on goods nearing expiration, or promotions to clear inventory. Lawmakers must also consider how any new definitions interact with definitions in existing law. For example, an early version of California AB 446, […]

As of halfway through 2025, four U.S. states have enacted laws regarding “neural data” or “neurotechnology data.” These laws, all of which amend existing state privacy laws, signify growing lawmaker interest in regulating what’s being considered a distinct, particularly sensitive kind of data: information about people’s thoughts, feelings, and mental activity. Created in response to […]

Co-authored by Chris Victory, FPF Intern As of halfway through 2025, four U.S. states have enacted laws regarding “neural data” or “neurotechnology data.” These laws, all of which amend existing state privacy laws, signify growing lawmaker interest in regulating what’s being considered a distinct, particularly sensitive kind of data: information about people’s thoughts, feelings, and […]

[…] Cheng and James Jerin Akash (FPF APAC Interns) From July 7 to 10, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF)’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) office was actively engaged in Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Week 2025 (PDP Week) – a week of events hosted by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) at the Marina Bay […]

[…] a requirement under the EU AI Act that regulators in the European Union adopt national sandboxes for AI. Jurisdictions across the world, such as Brazil, France, Kenya, Singapore, and the United States (Utah) have introduced AI-focused regulatory sandboxes, offering current, real-life lessons for the role they can play in supporting beneficial use of AI […]

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[…] Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) demonstrates how Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) can support fraud detection across borders without compromising sensitive data. In this use case, Mastercard collaborated with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority to pilot a system that allows encrypted International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs) to be checked for fraud risk without revealing the IBAN […]

[…] personal data, including behavior and/or characteristics, and they are placed within a particular audience segment. Based on the profile or segment, they receive particular advertisements, prices, or promotions. Search or product ranking: Altering the order in which search results or products appear, to give more prominence to certain results, based on general consumer data […]

[…] personal data, including behavior and/or characteristics, and they are placed within a particular audience segment. Based on the profile or segment, they receive particular advertisements, prices, or promotions. A coupon for diapers is advertised to a customer based on their inclusion in the marketing category “new parents,” which is based on their previous purchase […]