Join FPF CEO @julespolonetsky.bsky.social polonetsky.bsky.social and FPF VP for Global Privacy @gzf.bsky.social for a LinkedIn Live discussion marking 10 years of the adoption of the GDPR. 🗓️ Today, Friday April 17th at 12 noon ET 🔗Sign-up here: linkedin.com/events/74498...

W is here, go Anna and team!

Article here: shumer.dev/something-bi...

The Matt Shumer AI article has dominated discussions about the state of AI and the magnitue and pace of the change in progress. Hype or on target? Join me LIVE at noon ET to discuss. www.linkedin.com/events/74270...?

Guest post from Haksoo Ko on innovation vs privacy, based on his experience in Korea. The broad range of strategies that a regulator can use is indeed under-examined. Much attention to sandboxes in the global discourse, but there are many more options. fpf.org/blog/innovat...

LLMs and Your Health Data, join me Friday noon ET to discuss. www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…

Are you a professional working in access to information, privacy, information management, or information security? Would you like to present at our conference? Applications are now open! www.gov.nl.ca/apsim/ #privacy #accesstoinformation #foi #infosec #informationmanagement

Data driven pricing, ChatGPT and your health data, join me for a Live Chat at noon today, Friday Jan 9. www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

19 kids/teens bills set forward by House Energy Commerce Committee, here they are: energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

KOSA, COPPA 2.0, Chatbots, age verification best practice, App Store Accountability......Big bill drop coming - see Punchbowl lnkd.in/empQ-q3B

“In order to protect fundamental rights, maintain legal certainty, and continue to ensure a high level of protection, any reform should be evidence-based, targeted, transparent, and further the EU’s values” (Christopher Kuner in this new FPF guest post) #GDPR #Draghi fpf.org/blog/the-dra...

Always worth nominating EU based work for this !! ( I have no dog in this fight so can say this !)

Deadline approaches, please nominate key scholarship!

Just a few days away: Brussels Privacy Symposium 2025 share.google/zgw0CSLuQ33B...

Call for papers! @futureofprivacy.bsky.social annual best privacy papers for policymakers program fpf.org/privacy-pape...

Privacy job/AI job: Please take a look - lnkd.in/eGS_nRpS Vice President of U.S. Policy

Beyond Kiss Cam: The Complexity of Privacy in Public Spaces-Venues are using tech for security,audience metrics, fan photos & more. AI systems need real world data to train robots and smart glasses. Noon ET this Friday #PrivacyChat Join me to discuss with some leading experts. lnkd.in/eC5ZJrQ7

Kiss Cam, what are the legal and privacy issues? Is it different in Europe? Join me to discuss, noon ET Friday #PrivacyChat www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

I chatted with lead AI lawyer Keith Enright Friday on my weekly #PrivacyChat. www.linkedin.com/events/whate... Listen in here.

how many AI state bills? open.substack.com/pub/stevenad...

Weekly Live #PrivacyChat Fri noon ET we will look at the latest guidance from French and Brazilian data protection authorities for use of generative AI. www.linkedin.com/events/datap...

Korea is the most rapidly aging society, US not far behind. AgeTech/AI will play some role in supporting the senior population, but seniors in Korea have more confidence in new tech, partially due to trust their data will not leak. Important lessons for US Working on it. lnkd.in/ewwJCB8D

Bordeaux allows planting of 4 new red grape varieties,after years of restrictions permitting (for red) only Cabernet, Merlot,Cab Franc,Petit Verdot,Malbec & Carmenere. The impact of climate change forced change. Lessons for re-opening GDPR? Let's discuss. Noon ET . www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

#Governance for #Digital #Leadership & #Innovation “Path to US #PrivacyLegislation: Is #DataProtection Law the Real #AI #Regulator?” @futureofprivacy.bsky.social @julespolonetsky.bsky.social Keir Lamont @gabrielazanfir @PerkinsCoieLLP Meredith Halama @SIIA Paul Lekas #PrivateRightOfAction

Privacy legislation is being considered seriously in Congress - what are some new ideas that are *forward thinking* that provide paths for innovation with safeguards? www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

What are the policy implications of viewing AI as 'Normal Technology"? www.linkedin.com/events/aias-...

spam fraud beware

Weekly Privacy Chat: Video Here: www.linkedin.com/events/weekl...

Join me tomorrow. www.linkedin.com/events/state...

Hear state legislators discuss leading state AI bills with industry, civil society, trades and free market think tank experts. State legislators get that AI is critical to innovation and they want to ensure responsible practices, help them learn and improve their bills. fpf.org/fpf-event/pu...

Wondering where the US may go on AI legislation this year? So is everyone else. Here is @julespolonetsky.bsky.social on the different paths we may take, and how state legislators are doing their homework on the topic www.techpolicy.press/2025-may-be-...

Be grateful when you have free airport wifi ..

Always read Arvind

In a landmark judgment last year, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized an autonomous right to informational self-determination. You can read a summary & analysis of the case in this guest blog on FPF.org by Jonathan Mendoza and Nelson Remolina: fpf.org/blog/in-a-la...

Quite a well done report, bipartisan, thoughtful about risks, benefits, nuanced on state legislation. thehill.com/policy/techn...

Here's the trailer to Stephen Bolinger's @sbolinger.bsky.social upcoming documentary - "Privacy People" - about the privacy profession. I'm excited to be included in an all-star cast. The trailer is great - but sadly, I didn't make the cut for the trailer. vimeo.com/1034801245

government mandated online age verification is a bad idea and if you are still pushing for it please take like 5 minutes of your life to read about why basically every human rights organization in the world opposes online ID checks that would end anonymity and harm marginalized communities

Drone experts - last I paid attention, the FAA was requiring remote ID registration for drones. Are 1) these NJ drones not covered (fly out of operator sight)? 2) not complying? 3) these aren't drones, they are planes, stars, helicopters etc? www.faa.gov/uas/getting_...

For example, this might look like a setting that allows Bluesky users to specify whether they consent to outside developers using their content in AI training datasets Bluesky won’t be able to enforce this consent outside of our systems. It will be up to outside developers to respect these settings

Brief update on our ongoing efforts to allow users to specify consent (or not) for AI training: 🧵

I was on NPR with @bobbyallyn.bsky.social re Australia’s teen social media ban. Tests by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology found that age algorithms are off by an average of 5yrs for West Africans–discriminating in practice. 🎧 Take a listen! www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...

Open letter from the Multi-State AI Policymaker Working Group iapp.org/news/a/open-...

Excellent name for a new AI. venturebeat.com/ai/google-un...

I would just let it go..

So many times this year some car or truck veers across the lanes in front of me, to not miss an exit.. self driving cars ASAP please.

Headed to NYC for this AI Summit. newyork.theaisummit.com Any of you going to be there?

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social rapidly becoming key tech newsbreaker in DC. But, my bitcoin holdings are going to have to go way more up if I need to pay for another $1000 plus insider news subscription.

Regarding cryptocurrency and rogue countries and terror groups, can anyone recommend useful reading about proposals to deal with this?