Future of Privacy Forum

Privacy and data protection laws don't stop at borders, and neither do we. FPF membership connects you to a global network of experts. Whether you are tracking the latest EU Digital Omnibus, navigating cross-border data transfers, or keeping tabs on emerging frameworks in the APAC region, FPF provides the localized context and global oversight you need. Scale your strategy globally. Learn more about FPF membership: https://lnkd.in/gASsdk5E

Did you or someone you know publish an outstanding privacy-focused academic paper this year? Be sure to nominate it for FPF's 17th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award, recognizing the year’s leading privacy research relevant to policymakers in the U.S. and internationally. We're pleased to offer a student paper award following the same guidelines as the general PPPM award. Winning authors will distribute their work to a wide range of U.S. and international policymakers. 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Nominations and student deadlines are now due on October 23rd! https://lnkd.in/eZPhBNY

FPF recently submitted comments in response to the Vermont Office of the Attorney General’s rulemaking process for the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Codes (S 69). In July 2026, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office launched a formal rulemaking to provide guidance on data processing and design practices, as well as age assurance methods, review processes for age appeals, and additional privacy protections for age assurance data. FPF’s comments address three primary topics: data processing and design practices, personalization and compulsive use, and age assurance. These comments seek to ensure these regulations clarify compliance ambiguities and support interoperability with existing privacy frameworks. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/evvqmxya

Don’t miss FPF’s Agentic Data Flows: Privacy, Data Minimization, and PETs in Agentic Deployment, the first session of a new series on agentic data minimization from FPF’s Center for AI. ⏰ 9:30 - 11:00am ET Featuring Speakers:  🔸 Jaspreet Bhatia, Staff Privacy Engineer, Google 🔸 Andrew Gruen, Senior Fellow, Future of Privacy Forum 🔸 Bennett Hillenbrand, Adjunct Professor, Data Science and Public Policy, Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy 🔸 Antigoni Polychroniadou, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan AI Research; AlgoCRYPT Center of Excellence 🔸 Stacey Gray, FPF Center for AI Senior Director (Moderator) Learn more from our panelists about how privacy teams, regulators, and policymakers can approach a pressing question in AI governance: what happens to personal information between agents, and how do we keep it in bounds? Read more about the event here:  https://lnkd.in/eyWqMZyt

🎉That’s a wrap on the 10th Brussels Privacy Symposium! Together with our co-hosts at the Brussels Privacy Hub, we brought #BPS2026 to a close today at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs after a full day of conversations on the future of privacy, data protection, and digital governance. From the evolving role of the GDPR and Digital Omnibus negotiations to platform regulation, age assurance, and agentic AI, the day explored some of the most pressing questions shaping the next decade of data protection. We also looked further ahead, with an expert dialogue between Joris van Hoboken (Universiteit van Amsterdam), and Fabiana Da Pieve (European Commission), exploring the intersection of quantum technologies and privacy. A special thank you to our Honored Guest Speaker, Lokke Moerel (Tilburg University), for her insights, and to all our speakers, panelists, attendees and sponsors Consumer Empowerment Project - CEP, Microsoft and Prosus , for making the 10th edition such a success. 👋See you next year!

Our third panel, “Visions for the Next Decade of Tech: From Uncertainty to Solutions”, moderated by FPF Managing Director for Europe, Bianca-Ioana M., is exploring how advances in AI, robotics, quantum computing, and new digital and scientific discoveries will create opportunities and risks that will test the resilience of EU data protection law. Participating in this conversation are 🔵David Barnard-Wills (Information Commissioner's Office ) 🔵Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, PhD. (European Digital Rights ) 🔵Daniel Gueorguiev (Domyn), and 🔵Margherita Corrado (EU AI Office). Together, they are examining ways to safeguard core data protection values in a fast-changing environment. #BPS2026

For today’s lightning talk, we’re joined by Stacey Gray, Senior Director for Artificial Intelligence at the Future of Privacy Forum. Her session, “From Words to Worlds: The Future of Spatial Intelligence and Bystander Privacy,” explored what happens when AI moves beyond language to understand the physical world around us. From privacy in public and private spaces to the limits of traditional approaches built around notice, consent, and data rights, Stacey examined whether our existing frameworks can keep pace with the rise of spatial intelligence. #BPS2026

We’re now diving into our second panel, “To Share or Not to Share? Platform Regulation Meets Privacy.” As data-sharing and interoperability become increasingly important tools in digital market regulation, a key question emerges: how do we balance the push to open up data with the need to protect privacy and personal data? 🎤Moderated by Prof. Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon (Brussels Privacy Hub), the panel features: 🔵Lukasz Olejnik, Ph.D, LL.M, Independent Researcher and Consultant 🔵Gary Davis, Apple 🔵Friederike Schüür, Ada Lovelace Institute 🔵Sebastião Barros Vale, EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor. Among the questions on the table: ➡️Are privacy and competition objectives increasingly aligned or in conflict? ➡️In the AI Age, could opening up systems to third parties create new cybersecurity risks? ➡️Is “data portability” still fit for purpose in ecosystems dominated by machine learning systems? #BPS2026

This year’s Brussels Privacy Symposium award sponsor Consumer Empowerment Project - CEP just wrapped up their session! Marco Scialdone (euroconsumers) and Wojciech Wiewiorowski (EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor ) debated whether current foundational frameworks, such as the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, remain resilient enough to govern emerging technologies. 🏆The session also featured a special moment: the announcement of the 2026 My Data is Mine Award winner, Larisa Munteanu! The award celebrates young scholars whose research is helping shape the future of data protection. #BPS2026

The Brussels Privacy Symposium is off to a great start! Academic researchers, civil society, industry representatives, and policy leaders are gathered here at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs to discuss and unpack the future of data protection in Europe. The day began with opening remarks from FPF Managing Director for Europe Bianca-Ioana M. and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub Prof. Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, followed by a keynote conversation with Matthew Newman, Global Chief Correspondent at MLex. Next up, we’re diving into Panel I, centered around this year’s theme “The Data Protection Acquis: Retreat or Reinvention?” Panelists will explore the Digital Omnibus negotiations and proposed changes to the GDPR that seek to recalibrate the scope of data protection law. Moderated by FPF EU Senior Policy Counsel Vincenzo Tiani, LL.M., panelists include Monika Tomczak-Gorlikowska, Laura Lázaro Cabrera Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe, Orla Lynskey (UCL Faculty of Laws), and Carolina Foglia (European Data Protection Board) #BPS2026