FPF’S 15th Anniversary Spring Social
Mark your calendars for FPF’s 15th Anniversary Spring Social on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET. Join us for an evening of celebration and connection at one of the most stunning rooftop venues in the heart of Washington D.C. As we reflect on our journey over the past 15 years, we want to take this time […]
The Garden State Joins the Comprehensive Privacy Grove
On January 16, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S332 into law, making New Jersey the thirteenth U.S. State to adopt a comprehensive privacy law to govern the collection, use, and transfer of personal data. S332 endured a long and circuitous route to enactment, having been introduced in January 2022 and amended six times before being passed […]
7 Essential Tips to Protect Your Privacy in 2024
Today, almost everything we do online involves companies collecting personal information about us. Personal data is collected and used for various reasons – like when you use social media, shop online, redeem digital coupons at the store, or browse the internet. Sometimes, information is collected about you by one company and then shared or sold […]
Explaining the Crosswalk Between Singapore’s AI Verify Testing Framework and The U.S. NIST AI Risk Management Framework
On October 13, 2023, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the U.S.’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a “Crosswalk” of IMDA’s AI Verify testing framework and NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). Developed under the aegis of the Singapore–U.S. Partnership for Growth and Innovation, the Crosswalk is a mapping document […]
FPF in 2023: A Year in Review
As 2023 comes to an end, we want to reflect on a year that saw the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) continue to expand its presence globally and domestically while organizing engaging events, publishing thought-provoking analysis, providing the latest expert updates, and more. FPF continues to convene industry experts, academics, consumer advocates, and other experts […]
Risk Framework for Body-Related Data in Immersive Technologies
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released its Risk Framework for Body-Related Data in Immersive Technologies for organizations to structure the collection, use, and onward transfer of body-related data. Organizations building immersive technologies like extended reality and virtual worlds often rely on large amounts of data about individuals’ bodies and behaviors. While body-related data […]
Five Big Questions (and Zero Predictions) for the U.S. State Privacy Landscape in 2024
Entering 2024, the United States now stands alone as the sole G20 nation without a comprehensive, national framework governing the collection and use of personal data. With bipartisan efforts to enact federal privacy legislation once again languishing in Congress, state-level activity on privacy dramatically accelerated in 2023. As the dust from this year settles, we […]
The PrivaSeer Project in 2023: Access to 1.4 million privacy policies in one searchable body of documents
In the summer of 2021, FPF announced our participation in a collaborative project with researchers from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Michigan to develop and build a searchable database of privacy policies and other privacy-related documents, with the support of the National Science Foundation. This project, PrivaSeer, has since become an evolving, […]
ICYMI: FPF Webinar Discussed The Current State of Kids’ and Teens’ Privacy
Privacy by design for kids and teens has expanded across the globe. As policymakers, advocates, and companies grapple with the ever-changing landscape of youth privacy regulation, the Future of Privacy Forum recently hosted a webinar discussing the current state of kids’ and teens’ privacy policy. The webinar explored the current frameworks that are influential worldwide, […]
FPF Offers Input on Massachusetts Student Data Privacy Proposal
On October 30, FPF provided testimony before a hearing of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education regarding H.532/S.280, an Act Relative to Student and Educator Data Privacy. Read our written testimony in full. Our testimony focused on highlighting relevant FPF resources for policymakers (including a case study on student privacy in Utah, our state student […]