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, […]

The following is a guest post to the FPF blog authored by Yeong Zee Kin, Chief Executive of the Singapore Academy of Law and FPF Senior Fellow. The guest post reflects the opinion of the author only and does not necessarily reflect the position or views of FPF and our stakeholder communities. FPF provides this […]

Is there a role for Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to play in the context of international data transfers? The answer to this question could be one of the keys to unlock trusted cross-border data flows at scale in the age of AI. This was the topic explored in a session organized by the Future of […]

India’s hosting of the AI Impact Summit 2026 was an ambitious undertaking. With 600,000 attendees and 92 signatories to the New Delhi Declaration, the Summit was a showcase of a Global South country taking a leading role in shaping the AI governance agenda. The Summit’s official framing centered on infrastructure, compute, and equitable access to […]

FPF recently concluded its 16th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) events, hosting two dynamic virtual ceremonies on March 4 and March 11, 2026. This year’s program centered on the most pressing areas in privacy and AI governance, bringing together global awardees to discuss their research with leading discussants from industry, academia, and civil society. […]

There are three forces twirling and swirling to create a perfect storm for global data protection and privacy this year: the surprise reopening of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will largely play out in Brussels over the following months, the complexity and velocity of AI developments, and the push and pull over the […]

This Issue Brief has been updated to reflect the latest changes introduced by Decree 356/2025, the implementing decree to Vietnam’s Personal Data Protection Law, which was enacted on 31 December 2025. Vietnam is undergoing a sweeping transformation of its data protection and governance framework. Over the past two years, the country has accelerated its efforts to […]

Co-authored by FPF Communications Intern Celeste Valentino with contributions from FPF Global Communications Manager Joana Bala This year, FPF continued to broaden its footprint across priority areas of data governance, further expanding activities across a range of cross-sector topics, including AI, Youth, Conflict of Laws, AgeTech (seniors), and Cyber-Security. We have engaged extensively at the local […]

Vietnam is undergoing a sweeping transformation of its data protection and governance framework. Over the past two years, the country has accelerated its efforts to modernize its regulatory architecture for data, culminating in the passage of two landmark pieces of legislation in 2025: the Law on Personal Data Protection (Law No. 91/2025/QH15) (PDP Law), which […]

This Issue Brief analyzes Brazil’s recently enacted children’s online safety law, summarizing its key provisions and how they interact with existing principles and obligations under the country’s general data protection law (LGPD). It provides insight into an emerging paradigm of protection for minors in online environments through an innovative and strengthened institutional framework, focusing on […]