- + President Biden Signs Law Limiting Data Broker Sales—President Biden has signed H.R. 815 , which includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. Under the law, data brokers...
- + HHS Issues Final Rule in an Important Effort to Safeguard Reproductive Privacy—The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule this week strengthening privacy protections for reproductive health information. ...
- + EPIC Urges DOJ to Harmonize Data Broker Regulations with Larger Federal Push Against Commercial Surveillance—On April 19, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) advanced notice of proposed rule making (ANPRM) on Provision...
- + EPIC Urges UK ICO to Prohibit “Consent or Pay” Business Models—On April 17, EPIC submitted comments to the UK ICO on its call for views relating to “Consent or Pay” business models. In its comments, EPIC urged...
- + EPIC Statement on Final Passage of Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA)—On Friday, the Senate passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R. 7888, which reauthorizes and expands FISA Section 702...
- + The Register: Lawsuit accuses Grindr of illegally sharing users’ HIV status —The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in October last year it was pushing for the FTC to probe the app maker after finding that it was...
- + FedScoop: Generative AI could raise questions for federal records laws —Generative AI may introduce new questions related to the Freedom of Information Act, according to Enid Zhou, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy ...
- + Maine Legislature Fails to Enact Privacy Law—The Maine Data Privacy and Protection Act , LD1977, passed the Maine House of Representatives yesterday before being defeated in the Senate on a 15-1...
- + EPIC Statement on House Passage of Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act—Today, the House passed the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act , H.R.4639, which would prohibit intelligence agencies and law enforcement from purc...
- + American Privacy Rights Act Hearing Tomorrow—Tomorrow, the House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on a number of privacy bills, including the proposed American Privacy Right...
- + EPIC, Coalition Urge Opposition to RISAA, “Terrifying” Expansion of FISA Section 702—EPIC and a coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights groups wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Le...
- + The Dallas Express: Is Your Personal Phone Data Safe? —“Depending on the network, the data at risk can include location information, health information, religious identity, sexual orientation, facial recog...
- + The Seattle Times: Amazon sold a chemical that led to 15 deaths. Who is responsible? —Thomas McBrien, counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group that wrote a brief in support of the plaintiffs in one of the...
- + EPIC Statement on House Passage of RISAA—Today, the House voted 273-147 to pass the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) (H.R.7888), House leadership’s “compromise” bil...
- + Marketing Brew: Maryland passes pair of strong privacy bills —Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), told Marketing Brew the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act wo...
- + Media Post: FTC Bans Data Broker From Selling ‘Sensitive’ Locations, Rejects Tougher Terms —Privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Electronic Privacy Information Center urged the FTC to impose more restrictions on ...
- + UPenn LDI: Why Health Privacy Online Is a Myth —Moreover, experts question why the onus for privacy protection should land on individuals. “Web browsers and web pages should operate with those prote...
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