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[…] facing activities, including the completion of DPIAs, dissemination of information about data subjects’ rights, and upskilling of DPOs and other privacy professionals. DPAs will also seek to promote the approval and adoption of Codes of Conduct (CoCs) and certification mechanisms as ways to enable organizations to easily demonstrate compliance with the EU’s privacy acquis. […]

[…] discrimination and create an inclusive culture in order to be able to recruit and support an increasingly diverse workforce. By now, many organizations have adopted policies to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their organizations and the need has arisen to monitor and evaluate their DEI efforts. Without proper monitoring, DEI efforts may […]

[…] U.S. approach to data privacy, which has resulted in insufficient legal protections and a patchwork of state laws. Individuals deserve consistent privacy protections regardless of their zip code or age. We agree with President Biden: It’s time for federal lawmakers to speak in a united, bipartisan voice to create uniform privacy protections for all […]

[…] and then shared or sold to another. While data collection can offer benefits to both you and businesses – like connecting with friends, getting directions, or sales promotions – it can also be used in ways that are intrusive – unless you take control. There are many ways you can protect your personal data […]

[…] just the consent context, recently lawmakers have crafted manipulative design provisions that apply to other types of interfaces and conduct. For example, the California Age Appropriate Design Code (CA AADC) prohibits services targeted at young people from using “dark patterns” to steer youth into sharing personal data or to act in a way that […]

[…] under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied to cases involving automated decision-making and hosted its 6th Annual Brussels Privacy Symposium with the Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, an event that officially launched the joint International Observatory on Vulnerable People in Data Protection.  This year, FPF further expanded its global scope to […]

[…] in the Biden administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (Upturn, Lawyers’ Committee). Google emphasized that any rulemaking on AI should be risk-based and process-based and promote transparency, adding that “a process-based approach with possible safe harbor provisions could encourage companies to continually audit their systems for fairness without fear that looking too […]

[…] hosted the first Women@Privacy awards ceremony at its Brussels office, and on November 15, FPF co-hosted the sixth edition of its annual Brussels Privacy Symposium with the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB)’s Brussels Privacy Hub on the issue of “Vulnerable People, Marginalization, and Data Protection” (event report forthcoming in 2023). In the first panel for […]

[…] action. What, if any, additional language or concepts from ADPPA will gain traction at the state level? 3. Have we entered the Age of the Age-Appropriate Design Code? While ‘comprehensive’ privacy laws and proposals continue to capture the bulk of the privacy commentariat’s attention, it is likely that the most significant U.S. consumer privacy […]

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 […]