- + Coalition Led by EPIC Applauds FTC Modifications to Impersonation Scam Rule—Earlier this week, EPIC, joined by a coalition of five additional consumer advocacy organizations, applauded the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed...
- + Data Brokers Threaten National Security. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking Can Reduce the Threat.—Data brokers—companies that aggregate and sell our personal data—are a well-known threat to privacy. But data brokers do more than degrade our privacy...
- + State Lawmakers Testify about Industry Influence on Privacy Bills in Vermont Hearing —State lawmakers from across the country testified Friday to Vermont’s House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development about how industry lobbyi...
- + FCC Fines Largest Carriers for Misuse of Location Data—Many Years Later—The FCC issued fines yesterday against the country’s four largest mobile carriers for their roles in selling phone subscriber location data in viola...
- + GAO Reports More Negatives Than Positives to Police Use of Facial Recognition, Highlights Need for Comprehensive Data Privacy Law —In a report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on April 22, 2024, the agency surveyed federal agencies, biometric tech vendors,...
- + EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Adopt AI Procurement Guidelines with Civil Rights and Transparency in Mind—Today, a cross-cutting coalition of civil society organizations led by EPIC and the Brennan Center for Justice filed joint comments to the White Hou...
- + Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions —Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, cautioned that any preemptive legislation should be stronger than ...
- + EPIC Applauds FTC Prohibition Against Avast’s Disclosure of Sensitive Information for Advertising Purposes—In comments filed earlier this month, EPIC praised the Federal Trade Commission’s consent decree against Avast Limited, one in a series of recen...
- + The Record: Congress picked a direct fight with ByteDance and TikTok. The privacy implications are less clear. —Privacy advocates also say the government’s action is unconstitutional because it threatens First Amendment rights to freedom of expression as well as...
- + Law360: Privacy Hawks Plot What’s Next After FISA Passage —Sean Vitka, policy counsel at Demand Progress and Chris Baumohl, a law fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, similarly mentioned holdin...
- + 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...
- + 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...
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