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Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is thrilled to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2025 with the release of a new infographic, “Encryption Keeps Young People Safe.” Safer Internet Day is an annual event and part of a larger global mission to create a safer online environment, especially for young people. FPF’s new infographic explains how encryption […]

NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1: OCTOBER 2017 125 TAMING THE GOLEM: CHALLENGES OF ETHICAL ALGORITHMIC DECISION-MAKING Omer Tene & Jules Polonetsky* The prospect of digital manipulation on major online platforms reached fever pitch in the last election cycle in the United States. Jonathan Zittrain’s concern about “digital gerrymandering” found […]

On January 18, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its review of the COPPA Rule. Following the FTC’s notice of proposed rulemaking issued in January 2024, this announcement is the latest in a multi-year review of the COPPA Rule, which was last updated in 2013 and which the FTC began reviewing potential updates to […]

With contributions from Judy Wang, Communications Intern 2024 was a landmark year for the Future of Privacy Forum, as we continued to grow our privacy leadership through research and analysis, domestic and global meetings, expert testimony, and more – all while commemorating our 15th anniversary.  Expanding our AI Footprint  While 2023 was the year of […]

YOUTH & EDUCATION Vetting Generative AI Tools for Use in Schools David Sallay, Future of Privacy Forum, April 2024 POLICY BRIEF A U T H O R E D B Y D avid S allay D irector for Youth & Education P rivacy A C K N O W L E D G E M […]

At the end of the 2024 legislative session, New York State passed a pair of bills aimed at creating heightened protections for children and teens online. One, the New York Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA), applies to a broad range of online services that are “primarily directed to children.” The NYCDPA creates novel substantive data […]

Discussion Draft SEPTEMBER 2024 BY AARON MASSEY Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst for Advertising Technologies and Platforms, FPF Forward D ata clean rooms are an increasingly discussed tool in industry, utilized in advertising and marketing, health care, and academic research, as well as for regulatory compliance. Leading thinkers have already started to analyze the capabilities […]

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 […]

Co-authored by Nick Alereza, FPF Policy Intern and student Boston University School of Law. With contributions from Jordan Francis. On July 30, 2024, the U.S. Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) by a vote of 91-3. KOSPA is a legislative package that includes two bills that gained significant traction in the […]

SEPTEMBER 2018 1 PRIVACY PRINCIPLES FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION The consumer – facing applications of facial recognition technology continue to evolve and appear in new contexts . There are several key functions that benefit from facial recognition technology , including : (1) safety and security; (2) access and authentication; (3) photograph […]