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The authors would like to thank Alex Rosenberger and Justine Gluck for their feedback and contributions. Join us on October 21st in California for a Workshop on Advanced Issues in Agentic Deployment. This summer, lawmakers in the United States released two of the first legislative proposals for regulating “AI agents”: the federal AI AGENT Act […]

Special thanks to FPF’s Rafal Fryc (former U.S. Policy Intern), Tatiana Rice (Senior Director for U.S. Legislation), and Jim Siegl (Senior Fellow) for research support and feedback A new exemption being proposed and considered in state legislatures across the country is resurfacing old debates around the contours of what constitutes biometric data. Biometric data has […]

As lawmakers look to regulate how AI systems interact with minors, new report breaks down key state and federal chatbot policy developments WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data protection, AI, and emerging technologies, today released a new report analyzing one of the most active areas of […]

The 17th Privacy Papers for Policymakers call for submissions is now open until October 16, 2026. FPF’s Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award recognizes leading privacy research and analytical scholarship relevant to policymakers in the U.S. and internationally. The award highlights important work that analyzes current and emerging privacy issues and proposes achievable short-term solutions or means […]

Delaware has become the latest state to update its comprehensive privacy law after Governor Meyer signed HB 380 on September 2, amending the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA). More than half of the 23 states with comprehensive privacy laws have now amended their laws. The bill makes significant revisions to the DPDPA, including—  These […]

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 […]

On August 11, New Jersey became the newest state to enact a design code law aimed at minor online safety after Governor Sherrill signed A4015, the “New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code” (NJAADC). The new law is among the broadest in the country, most closely resembling a blend of the design codes enacted in South Carolina […]

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 […]