CPRA Law + Tech Series: Basics of Online Advertising
CPRA Law + Tech Series: Understanding Data, Decisionmaking, and Design Session 3: Basics of Online Advertising Co-Hosted by: California Lawyers Association Privacy Law Section and the Future of Privacy Forum About the Series: What do privacy lawyers need to know about the technologies and data practices at the heart of emerging legislation? New state privacy laws, […]
CPRA Law + Tech Series: “Dark Patterns” and Manipulative Design
CPRA Law + Tech Series: Understanding Data, Decisionmaking, and Design Session 4: “Dark Patterns” and Manipulative Design Co-Hosted by: California Lawyers Association Privacy Law Section and the Future of Privacy Forum About the Series: What do privacy lawyers need to know about the technologies and data practices at the heart of emerging legislation? New state privacy […]
CPRA Law + Tech Series: Universal Opt-Outs and Global Privacy Controls
What do privacy lawyers need to know about the technologies and data practices at the heart of emerging legislation? New state privacy laws, including the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will introduce a host of new obligations for businesses. Privacy lawyers charged with operationalizing these requirements will need to understand the technologies that these laws address.
W@Privacy Awards
Women@ Privacy Awards FPF is honored to host W@Privacy for its first edition of the W@Privacy Awards! As part of W@Privacy’s mission to enhance the visibility and empowerment of women privacy professionals, they’ll recognize and celebrate outstanding women in the privacy field from various categories. The awards categories are: The winners will be announced during an awards […]
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 […]
FPF Statement on White House Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
October 7, 2022 — Statement from Future of Privacy Forum’s CEO Jules Polonetsky: With this step, the U.S. puts in place practical surveillance limitations, oversight, and individual redress that are unmatched almost anywhere else in the world in the context of national security. Leading democracies are converging on surveillance standards with this progress. Constitutional limitations […]
Judge declares Buenos Aires’ Fugitive Facial Recognition System Unconstitutional
On September 7, a trial judge declared the implementation of the Fugitive Facial Recognition System (SRFP, for its name in Spanish) by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires unconstitutional. The decision set an important precedent for risks associated with privacy and intimacy in public spaces in the context of public surveillance for law […]
What Happened to the Risk-Based Approach to Data Transfers?
The following is a guest post to the FPF blog from Lokke Moerel, Professor of Global ICT Law at Tilburg University and a Dutch Cyber Security Council member. This blog is a summary of a longer academic paper which can be downloaded here. The guest blog reflects the opinion of the author only. Guest blog posts […]
New Report on Limits of “Consent” in Japan’s Data Protection Law
Introduction Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI), as part of their ongoing joint research project: “From Consent-Centric Data Protection Frameworks to Responsible Data Practices and Privacy Accountability in Asia Pacific,” are publishing the fourteenth and final report in a series of detailed jurisdiction reports on the status of […]
Looking Back to Forge Ahead: Challenges of Developing an “African Conception” of Privacy
In this post for the FPF Blog, Mercy King’ori explores the cultural and societal underpinnings of “privacy” in Africa, looking throughout history, from pre-colonial times, and beyond the modern external influences on the legislative processes resulting in general data protection laws across the continent. The first essential point to start off from is understanding that […]