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Co-authors: Lauren Koek and Valentina Curatella, FPF APAC Interns From July 20 to 24, 2026, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) participated in the inaugural Singapore Data Festival (SDF), hosted by Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Succeeding the PDPC’s annual Personal Data Protection Week, the SDF convened around […]

Few areas of privacy and technology policy have attracted as much legislative attention this year as data-driven pricing or “surveillance pricing.” On August 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing—“Your Data, Their Profit: The Consumer Cost of AI Surveillance Pricing”—highlighting the intense scrutiny on these practices by policymakers. In 2026 alone, FPF tracked the […]

The new EU Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) proposal marks a genuine shift in the way the bloc regulates AI, as it codifies the “AI first” principle and it is as much an “AI promotion and enabling”-type of legislation as it is a cloud sovereignty one. The European Commission published the CADA proposal at […]

Expert working group updates 2023 report to account for the rise of generative AI; will host a webinar on September 28 to present an overview of best practices and risk framework WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), with Dayforce, LinkedIn, UKG, Workday, and Beamery – leading HR, payroll, and employment software developers […]

The implementation timeline of the EU AI Act has been significantly modified through the recently adopted AI Omnibus, which pushes compliance with the obligations for high-risk AI systems to December 2027 (Annex III) and August 2028 (Annex I), from the initial date of 2 August 2026. Changes of the AI Act include, among others, the […]

On July 13, FPF submitted comments in response to the Colorado Department of Justice’s (the Department’s) pre-rulemaking process for the Colorado Automated Decision-making Act (SB 189) and the Chatbot Safety Act (HB 1263). As lawmakers continue to calibrate a proportionate approach to consumer protection from risks of AI-related harms, Colorado’s two new laws each take […]

Rapidly growing agetech industry has a significant opportunity to close trust gap, increase product adoption with increased transparency WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 20, 2026) — The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies — today released findings from a comprehensive March 2026 survey about how […]

Co-authored by Sarah Hanson, FPF Health & Wellness Intern This article discusses suicidal ideation, which may be distressing for some readers. (If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. You can call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988 Lifeline for free, confidential, 24/7 support.) As many […]

On June 10, 2026, the FPF Center for Artificial Intelligence convened a Frontiers Workshop in Washington, DC. Held as part of FPF’s National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DoE)-funded Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) Research Coordination Network, the workshop brought together privacy and frontier AI practitioners to examine challenges at the intersection of data […]

By Paige Garvin, FPF Communications Intern The Future of Privacy Forum hosted its third annual DC Privacy Forum: Advancing Principled Data Protection, AI, and Digital Governance Practices on June 10th, 2026. This year’s Forum gathered government officials, academics, civil society representatives, and privacy professionals to discuss developments in AI governance, privacy regulation, youth online safety, […]