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The Future of Privacy Forum invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to submit finished papers to be considered for FPF’s 12th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award. This award provides researchers with the opportunity to inject ideas into the current policy discussion, bringing relevant privacy research to the attention of the U.S. […]

As consensus is reached on many aspects of federal privacy legislation, preemption is taking center stage in both the Senate and the House. Although frequently presented as a binary choice between preemption and no preemption, in truth there is great flexibility in the extent to which Congress may choose to preempt State laws. FPF Resources […]

How to enforce comprehensive consumer privacy law is a a key remaining issue of the federal privacy debate. At the state-level, there is also a lack of consensus on enforcement mechanisms. This webinar discusses the role of the FTC, state Attorneys General, and private rights of action. FPF Resources  Slide Deck Archived Webinar Recording Recommended […]

This paper outlines the spectrum of AI technology, from rules-based and symbolic AI to advanced, developing forms of neural networks, and seeks to put them in the context of other sciences and disciplines, as well as emphasize the importance of security, user interface, and other design factors.

This month, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) voted to approve the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (UPDPA), a model bill designed to provide a template for uniform state privacy legislation. After some final amendments, it will be ready to be introduced in state legislatures in January 2022.  The ULC has been engaged in an effort […]

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 […]

Author: Felicity Slater Felicity Slater is a rising 3L law student at Boston University School of Law and FPF Legal and Policy Intern. 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]