FPF Report: Automated Decision-Making Under the GDPR – A Comprehensive Case-Law Analysis
On May 17, the Future of Privacy Forum launched a comprehensive Report analyzing case-law under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applied to real-life cases involving Automated Decision Making (ADM). The Report is informed by extensive research covering more than 70 Court judgments, decisions from Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), specific Guidance and other policy documents […]
The ebb and flow of trans-Atlantic data transfers: It’s the geopolitics, stupid!*
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. Guest blog posts do not necessarily reflect the views of FPF. 1. Introduction There is a call for a rational debate on trans-Atlantic data transfers. Frustrations increase […]
FPF Statement on the EU/US Transatlantic Data Agreement
March 25, 2022 — This morning the European Union and the United States came to a breakthrough agreement in principle, which allows Europeans’ personal data to flow to the United States. Future of Privacy Forum’s CEO Jules Polonetsky said: We are encouraged to see progress in the important effort to ensure that cross-border EU-U.S. research, […]
Upcoming data protection rulings in the EU: an overview of CJEU pending cases
There has been a surge in questions posed by national courts to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the past year on how various provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should be interpreted and applied in practice. They vary from understanding essential aspects of the fundamental right to the protection […]
The European Commission Considers Amending the General Data Protection Regulation to Make Digital Age of Consent Consistent
The European Commission published a Communication on its mandated two-year evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on June 24, 2020 in which it discusses as a future policy development “the possible harmonisation of the age of children consent in relation to information society services.” Notably, harmonizing the age of consent for children across […]
FPF Releases New Report on GDPR Guidance for US Higher Education Institutions
Today, FPF released The General Data Protection Regulation: Analysis and Guidance for US Higher Education Institutions by Senior Counsel Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna. The new report contains analysis and guidance to assist United States-based higher education institutions and their edtech service providers in assessing their compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
FPF Appoints Robbert van Eijk as Managing Director for Europe
FPF Expanding EU Programming BRUSSELS – October 1, 2019 – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) today announced Robbert van Eijk as managing director for its operations in Europe. In this role, Eijk will implement FPF’s agenda in Europe, oversee its day-to-day operations, and manage relationships with stakeholders in industry, government, academia, and civil society. […]
The Right to Be Forgotten: Future of Privacy Forum Statement on Decisions by European Court of Justice
WASHINGTON, DC – September 24, 2019 – Statement by Future of Privacy Forum CEO Jules Polonetsky regarding two European Court of Justice decisions announced today in its cases with Google: Key decisions about the balance of privacy and free expression still remain to be settled by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Although the ECJ’s […]
10 Reasons Why the GDPR Is the Opposite of a ‘Notice and Consent’ Type of Law
The below piece was originally published on Medium. For a version with humorous images, head to the original post. A ‘notice and consent’ privacy law puts the entire burden of privacy protection on the person and then it doesn’t really give them any choice. The GDPR does the opposite of this. There is so much […]
CPDP 2019 Panel: Understanding the limits and benefits of data portability
By Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna and Sasha Hondagneu-Messner The Future of Privacy Forum organized a panel at the 2019 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference in Brussels to discuss the limits and benefits of the right to data portability as introduced by the GDPR. This panel was chaired by Thomas Zerdick (EDPS), moderated by Stacey Gray (FPF), […]