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Book Talk – The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age
Please join us for a Book Talk with Danielle Keats Citron as she talks about her new book THE FIGHT FOR PRIVACY: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age. September 20 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET.Lobby-level Lounge at FPF Offices: 1350 I St. NW Washington DC 20005 Light refreshments and drinks provided. In her book , […]
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Global Privacy Assembly Week 2022
This October, the Future of Privacy Forum will be participating in several events during the 44th Global Privacy Assembly in Istanbul, Turkiye. The Global Privacy Assembly first met in 1979 as the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. The Assembly has been the premier global forum for data protection and privacy authorities for […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Call for Nominations: 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit finished papers to be considered for FPF’s 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award. This award provides researchers with the opportunity to inject ideas into the current policy discussion, bringing relevant privacy research to the attention of […]
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FPF Participates in FTC Event on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” Proposed Rulemaking
Yesterday, FPF Senior Director for U.S. Policy Stacey Gray participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) regarding its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” (comments start at 1:39:00). Feedback from the public forum is intended to help inform the Commission’s decision whether to proceed […]
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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 […]