![street 1721451 1920](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/street-1721451_1920.jpg)
UPDATE: China’s Car Privacy and Security Regulation is Effective on October 1, 2021
On August 20, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released an updated regulation on car privacy and data security that comes into force on October 1, 2021.
![White House](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/white-house.jpg)
What the Biden Executive Order Means for Data Protection
Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (“the Order” or “the EO”), published together with an explanatory Fact Sheet. The Order outlines a sweeping agenda for a “whole of government” approach to enforcement of antitrust laws in nearly every sector of the economy. Although there is a […]
![post image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/themes/fpf/img/post.png)
Event Recap: Dublin Privacy Symposium 2021, Designing for Trust: Enhancing Transparency & Preventing User Manipulation
Key Takeaways The biggest challenge to increase UX transparency may be encouraging people to make deliberate decisions from a UX design perspective. Even designers’ color and shape choices in UI can be subtle ‘dark patterns’ that might even prevent, e.g., color-blind users from understanding the options at hand. Organizations should ask themselves whether they should […]
![Supreme Court](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/supreme-court.jpg)
Lessons for a Federal Private Right of Action in US Privacy Law after TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez
In June 2021, the Supreme Court handed down TransUnion v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), its latest decision concerning Article III standing, which determines a plaintiff’s eligibility to sue in federal court. Even when a federal law expressly creates a private right of action to enforce a federal right or other violation of the law, […]
![fpf manipulativedesign socialgraphic 1080x1080 v1](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FPF-ManipulativeDesign-SocialGraphic-1080x1080-v1.png)
Manipulative Design: Defining Areas of Focus for Consumer Privacy
In consumer privacy, the phrase “dark patterns” is everywhere. Emerging from a wide range of technical and academic literature, it now appears in at least two US privacy laws: the California Privacy Rights Act and the Colorado Privacy Act (which, if signed by the Governor, will come into effect in 2025). Under both laws, companies […]
![Eu Flags 162128453 1200x545](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/EU_Flags_162128453-1200x545-1.jpg)
ITPI Event Recap – The EU Data Strategy and the Draft Data Governance Act
On May 19, 2021, the Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI), an Affiliate of The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), hosted, together with the Tel Aviv University, The Stewart & Judy Colton Law and Innovation Program, an online event on the European Union’s (EU) Data Strategy and the Draft Data Governance Act (DGA). The draft DGA […]
![Washington,,dc,,usa, ,december,11,,2019:,us,capitol,building](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1613624389-scaled.jpg)
Preemption in US Federal Privacy Laws
This post is the first in an ongoing series on federal preemption and enforcement in United States federal privacy legislation. As federal lawmakers consider proposals for a federal baseline privacy law in the United States, one of the most complex challenges is federal preemption, or the extent to which a federal law should nullify the […]
![pta june 2021 report cover](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PTA-June-2021-Report-Cover-e1623178128346.png)
New FPF Report Highlights Privacy Tech Sector Evolving from Compliance Tools to Platforms for Risk Management and Data Utilization
As we enter the third phase of development of the privacy tech market, purchasers are demanding more integrated solutions, product offerings are more comprehensive, and startup valuations are higher than ever, according to a new report from the Future of Privacy Forum and Privacy Tech Alliance. These factors are leading to companies providing a wider […]
![Legislation Image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-25-at-10.51.07-AM.png)
Colorado Privacy Act Passes Legislature: Growing Inconsistencies Ramp Up Pressure for Federal Privacy Law
Today, the Colorado Senate approved the House version of the Colorado Privacy Act (SB21-190) that passed yesterday, on June 7. If approved by Governor Jared Polis, Colorado will follow Virginia and California as the third U.S. state to establish baseline legal protections for consumer privacy. “Although the Colorado Privacy Act contains notable advances that build […]
![Legislation Image](https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-25-at-10.51.07-AM.png)
Privacy Trends: Four State Bills to Watch that Diverge from California and Washington Models
During 2021, state lawmakers have proposed a range of models to regulate consumer privacy and data protection. As the first state to pass consumer privacy legislation in 2018, California established a highly influential model with the California Consumer Privacy Act. In the years since, other states have introduced dozens of nearly identical CCPA-like state bills. […]