FPF Unveils Paper on State Data Minimization Trends
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) published a new paper—Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions & Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy Legislation. Data minimization is a bedrock principle of privacy and data protection law, with origins in the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and the Privacy Act of 1974. At a high […]
Vermont and Nebraska: Diverging Experiments in State Age-Appropriate Design Codes
In May 2025, Nebraska and Vermont passed Age-Appropriate Design Code Acts (AADCs), continuing the bipartisan trend of states advancing protections for youth online. While these new bills arrived within the same week and share both a common name and general purpose, their scope, applicability, and substance take two very different approaches to a common goal: […]
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2023 ANNUAL REPORT FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM 1 CONTENTS About Future of Privacy Forum ____________________2 FPF’s Workstreams & Regions _____________________ 3 Leadership Letter _______________________________ 4 Navigating the Landscape ________________________ 5 Safegaurding Youth _____________________________ 7 Global Spotlight on Privacy _______________________ 8 The Year of Artificial Intelligence _________________10 FPF Analyses _________________________________ 12 Membership Community & Events _________________14 […]
Amendments to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act Bring Big Changes to Big Sky Country
On May 8, Montana Governor Gianforte signed SB 297, amending the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA). This amendment was sponsored by Senator Zolnikov, who also championed the underlying law’s enactment in 2023. Much has changed in the state privacy law landscape since the MCDPA was first enacted, and SB 297 incorporates elements of further […]
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Analysis and Commentary: “Re-identification” of Governor William Weld ©DCB-J July, 2012 1 The “Re-identification” of Governor William Weld’s Medical Information: A Critical Re-examination of Health Data Identification Risks and Privacy Protections, Then and Now Author: Daniel C. Barth-Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. […]
The Curse of Dimensionality: De-identification Challenges in the Sharing of Highly Dimensional Datasets
The 2006 release by AOL of search queries linked to individual users and the re-identification of some of those users is one of the best known privacy disasters in internet history. Less well known is that AOL had released the data to meet intense demand from academic researchers who saw this valuable data set as essential […]
FPF Launches Major Initiative to Study Economic and Policy Implications of AgeTech
FPF and University of Arizona Eller College of Management Awarded Grant by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Address Privacy Implications, and Data Uses of Technologies Aimed at Aging At Home The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI and emerging technologies–has been awarded a grant from the Alfred […]
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SPONSORSHIP PROSPECTUS 2025 FPF SPONSORSHIP PROSPECTUS | 1 Please contact [email protected] for more information. THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM (FPF) is a global non-profit organization that brings together industry, academics, civil society, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and workable business practices. We […]
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SPONSORSHIP PROSPECTUS 2025 FPF SPONSORSHIP PROSPECTUS | 1 Please contact [email protected] for more information. THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM (FPF) is a global non-profit organization that brings together industry, academics, civil society, policymakers, and other stakeholders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and workable business practices. We […]
Updated Conformity Assessments under the EU AI Act: a step-by step guide with the final text of the AI Act
Conformity Assessments under the EU AI Act: A step-by step guide Updated with the final text of the AI Act APRIL 2025 Authors: Andreea Serban, Vasileios Rovilos,* Katerina Demetzou* Editors: Lee Matheson, Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Rob van Eijk, Gulam Chagani, Anastasia Konova, Francesco Saturnino, Alexis Kateifides Copyeditor: Alexander Thompson The authors thank Chuma Akana for his […]