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The Future of Privacy Forum’s 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award Recognizes Influential Privacy Research Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection headquartered in Washington, D.C. — announced the winners of its 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Awards. The PPPM Awards recognize leading privacy […]

Regulators in the United States and around the globe are bringing enforcement actions and crafting rules intended to combat manipulative design practices online. These efforts are complex and address a range of consumer protection issues, including privacy and data protection risks. They raise thorny questions about how to distinguish between lawful designs that encourage individuals […]

FPF is excited to announce the 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers winners and in-person award ceremony! The award recognizes leading privacy scholarship that is relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, at U.S. federal agencies, and international data protection authorities. 

Edited by Josh Lee Kok Thong and Isabella Perera On November 30, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) held a joint event to launch their new report, “Balancing Organizational Accountability and Privacy Self-Management in Asia-Pacific,” which provides a detailed comparison of the legal bases for processing personal data […]

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In recent years, there has been an uptick in new (comprehensive) data protection laws in the Asia Pacific (APAC). This trend introduces challenges for cross-border compliance, particularly for the industry, legal practitioners, and the community of data protection regulators. As a result of the difficulties, these stakeholders acknowledge that there is a need for greater […]

The state of the art in Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (PPML) is promising from a technical perspective but under-explored if we view it through the lens of legal instruments such as the EU AI Act and the EU Data Act. In this roundtable, we aim to contribute to clearing the path to alternative solutions for processing (personal) data […]

This post is the second in a two-part series. Click here for FPF’s XR infographic. The first post in this series focuses on the key functions that XR devices may feature, and analyzes the kinds of sensors, data types, data processing, and transfers to other parties that power these functions.  I. Introduction Today’s virtual (VR), […]

In May 2022, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) launched a comprehensive Report analyzing case-law under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied to real-life cases involving Automated Decision-Making (ADM). Our research highlighted that the GDPR’s protections for individuals against forms of ADM and profiling go significantly beyond Article 22 – which provides for the […]