Brazil’s ANPD Preliminary Study on Generative AI highlights the dual nature of data protection law: balancing rights with technological innovation
Brazil’s Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (“ANPD”) Technology and Research Unit (“CGTP”) released the preliminary study Inteligência Artificial Generativa (“Preliminary Study on Gen-AI”, in Portuguese) as part of its Technological Radar series, on November 29, 2024. A short English version of the study was also released by the agency in December 2024. This analysis […]
FPF Experts Take The Stage at the 2025 IAPP Global Privacy Summit
By FPF Communications Intern Celeste Valentino Earlier this month, FPF participated at the IAPP’s annual Global Privacy Summit (GPS) at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The Summit convened top privacy professionals for a week of expert workshops, engaging panel discussions, and exciting networking opportunities on issues ranging from understanding U.S. state and global privacy […]
Little Rock, Minor Rights: Arkansas Leads with COPPA 2.0-Inspired Law
With thanks to Daniel Hales and Keir Lamont for their contributions. Shortly before the close of its 2025 session, the Arkansas legislature passed HB 1717, the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, with unanimous votes. As the name suggests, Arkansas modeled this legislation after Senator Markey’s federal “COPPA 2.0” proposal, which passed the […]
Senior Project Manager, Global Privacy
Position Overview: The Senior Project Manager, Global Privacy, will support the execution of FPF’s global privacy initiatives by coordinating programming across international offices, managing project timelines and event planning, and ensuring smooth cross-functional collaboration. The Project Manager will also provide direct support to the VP for Global Privacy and facilitate coordination between FPF’s Global team and […]
Data Sharing for Research Tracker
By Shea Swauger and Hannah Babinski Version 1.0 (Updated March, 2025) The Data Sharing For Research Tracker is a growing list of organizations that make data available for researchers. This Tracker provides information about the available data, access restrictions, and relevant links and is intended to help researchers find data for secondary analysis. It also […]
Minding Mindful Machines: AI Agents and Data Protection Considerations
Thank you for the contributions of Rob van Eijk, Marlene Smith, and Katy Wills We are now in 2025, the year of AI agents. In the last few weeks, leading large language model (LLM) developers (including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) have released early versions of technologies described as “AI agents.” Unlike earlier automated systems and even […]
Public Feedback Sessions for Multi-State AI Policy Working Group
Please join the Multistate AI Policymaker Working Group on January 27th for a public feedback session on two draft AI bills. Click here to view the live stream via YouTube. Click here to view the live stream via YouTube. During this Public Feedback Session, participants will present to state lawmakers of the Multistate Policymaker working group in regards […]
Communications Intern
General Overview The Future of Privacy Forum seeks a Communications Intern to support its communications efforts reporting to the Senior Manager of Digital Communications. This is a paid part-time internship position located in Washington, DC. There is flexibility for this internship to be either hybrid or fully remote. Responsibilities Required Qualifications Preferred Qualifications About Us […]
FPF’s 2nd Annual Privacy Executives Summit
The 2nd Annual FPF Privacy Executives Summit is a private event taking place in Berkeley, California on September 10-12, 2025 at the Claremont Resort & Club. For those traveling, the Claremont Resort & Club is a 24-minute drive from Oakland International Airport and 45-minutes from San Francisco International Airport. Building on the success of last […]
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 […]