FPF Analysis of New Requirements for Generative AI Use by Healthcare Entities in Patient Communications
Co-Authored by Judy Wang, FPF Communications Intern On September 28, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California AB 3030, among a host of AI bills. CA AB 3030 amended the California Health & Safety Code and requires specified healthcare entities to disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in provider-patient communications through visual or verbal disclaimers […]
FPF Submits Comments to Inform New York Children’s Privacy Rulemaking Processes
At the end of the 2024 legislative session, New York State passed a pair of bills aimed at creating heightened protections for children and teens online. One, the New York Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA), applies to a broad range of online services that are “primarily directed to children.” The NYCDPA creates novel substantive data […]
Call for Nominations: 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award
Future of Privacy Forum Award Elevates Privacy Research to Inform Policy Discussion September 9, 2024 —The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit finished papers to be considered for its 15th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The award provides privacy and data protection […]
Five ways in which the DPDPA could shape the development of AI in India
India enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) on August 11, 2023, a comprehensive data protection law culminating from a landmark Supreme Court decision recognizing a constitutional right to privacy in India, and discussions on multiple drafts spanning over half a decade. The law comes at a time when, globally, there has been […]
Does the GDPR Need Fixing? The European Commission Weighs In
The European Commission published its second Report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on July 25, 2024, assessing the progress of its impact and effectiveness of application since the Commission’s first Report published in June 2020. The second Report acknowledges relative success of the GDPR in protecting individuals and supporting businesses, while also highlighting […]
Privacy Roundup from Summer Developer Conference Season 2024
Ahh, summer. A time for hot dogs, swimming pools, and software developer conferences. For third-party application developers to deliver new tools with the best features for the lucrative fall quarter, they must have access to all the APIs and tools by the summer before. This has meant that early summer has become known as a […]
Looking Toward the Future: Building a Safe, Secure, and Private Internet for Everyone
Join us for another event in a series on privacy, security, and online safety for young people in Australia. Looking Toward the Future: Building a Safe, Secure, and Private Internet for Everyone, takes place on Wednesday, September 4, 9 am – 11 am Australian Eastern Time. In our increasingly digital world, the boundaries of our […]
FPF Highlights Intersection of AI, Privacy, and Civil Rights in Response to California’s Proposed Employment Regulations
On July 18, the Future of Privacy Forum submitted comments to the California Civil Rights Council (Council) in response to their proposed modifications to the state Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regarding automated-decision systems (ADS). As one of the first state agencies in the U.S. to advance modernized employment regulations to account for automated-decision […]
Singapore’s PDP Week 2024: FPF highlights include a hands-on workshop on practical Generative AI governance and a panel on India’s DPDPA
From July 15 to 18, 2024, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) participated in Personal Data Protection Week 2024 (PDP Week), an event organized and hosted by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. As with PDP Weeks of previous years, programming during […]
CPDP LatAm 2024: What is Top of Mind in Latin American Data Protection and Privacy? From data sovereignty, to PETs
On July 17-18, the fourth edition of the Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection Conference Latin America (CPDP LatAm) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This year’s theme was on “Data Governance: From Latin America to the G20,” highlighting Brazil’s current presidency of the international cooperation forum. As in previous years, FPF participated on the […]