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The Future of Privacy Forum announces the appointment of Malavika Raghavan as Senior Fellow for India, expanding our Global Privacy team to one of the key jurisdictions for the future of privacy and data protection law.  Malavika is a thought leader and a lawyer working on interdisciplinary research, focusing on the impacts of digitisation on […]

On February 25, the Indian Government notified and published Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. These rules mirror the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal of the EU to some extent, since they propose a tiered approach based on the scale of the platform, they touch on intermediary liability, content moderation, take-down of […]

On December 2, 2020, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) hosted the Brussels Privacy Symposium 2020: Research and the protection of Personal Data Under the GDPR. The event, convened by FPF CEO Jules Polonetsky and Dr. Christopher Kuner, Co-Chair of the Brussels Privacy Hub, brought together […]

Authors: Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna and Regina Iminova Amendments to the Russian general data protection law (Federal Law No. 152-FZ on Personal Data) adopted at the end of 2020 enter into force today (Monday, March 1st), with some of them having the effective date postponed until July 1st. The changes are part of a legislative package that […]

International data flows have been top of mind in the past year for digital rights advocates, companies and regulators, particularly international transfers following the Schrems II judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU from last July. As data protection authorities assess how to use technical safeguards and contractual measures to support data flows […]

by Rob van Eijk and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna On January 28, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior organized a conference celebrating the 40th Data Protection Day, the date on which the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”, was opened for signature. One of the invited speakers and panelists was Prof. […]

On January 27, 2021, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) hosted a panel at the 14th Annual International Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection Conference (CPDP2021). The theme for this year’s online conference was “Enforcing Rights in a Changing World.” Rob van Eijk, FPF Managing Director for Europe, moderated the panel “Technical Standards Bringing […]

by Jasmine Park On November 24, 2020, the South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the nation’s central administrative agency tasked with protecting the privacy rights of individuals by enforcing the country’s privacy laws, released its revised three-year “Personal Information Protection Master Plan” (‘21-‘23). A wide range of policies that balance both the protection and […]

The July 16, 2020 Schrems II decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the US/EU Privacy Shield framework is an insufficient mechanism for cross-border data transfers. How big of a deal is that? Just prior to the Schrems II decision, FPF conducted a study of the companies enrolled in the US/EU Privacy Shield program and […]

Authors: Hunter Dorwart and Rob van Eijk To track and to get tracked: new innovative methods and advancements On September 30, 2020, the Future of Privacy Forum participated in a panel at the Annual Privacy Forum 2020 (APF-2020). The event is organized annually by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the Directorate-General for Communications […]