Tech Policy Press: Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy...
The landscape has shifted since 2022; this Congress must meet the moment Alan Butler, Executive Director and President, Electronic Privacy Information Center Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director,...
View ArticleEPIC Traces the Ninth Circuit’s Surprisingly Narrow Section 230...
This week, the Ninth Circuit is hearing oral argument in two important Section 230 cases: Bride v. Yolo Technologies and In re Casino Style Games Litigation. The cases present the Ninth Circuit with...
View ArticleUPenn 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 protections baked in,” said Sara Geoghegan, Counsel to...
View ArticleMedia Post: FTC Bans Data Broker From Selling ‘Sensitive’ Locations, Rejects...
Privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Electronic Privacy Information Center urged the FTC to impose more restrictions on Outlogic’s ability to use location data. “The...
View ArticleMarketing 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 would be the strongest comprehensive privacy law...
View ArticleEPIC 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” bill to reauthorize FISA Section 702. The House also:...
View ArticleThe Seattle Times: Amazon sold a chemical that led to 15 deaths. Who is...
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 cases Amazon now faces, ranked the company...
View ArticleThe 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 recognition imagery, private messages, personal photos,...
View ArticleEPIC, Coalition Urge Opposition to RISAA, “Terrifying” Expansion of FISA...
EPIC and a coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights groups wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary Chair Richard...
View ArticleAmerican 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 Rights Act (APRA). EPIC sent a statement for the record to...
View ArticleEPIC 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 purchasing Americans’ data without a warrant. The...
View ArticleMaine 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 15-18 vote. The bill was originally modeled on the State...
View ArticleFedScoop: 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 Information Center, a digital rights group. She...
View ArticleThe 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 retaining user data even after accounts were...
View ArticleEPIC Statement on Final Passage of Reforming Intelligence and Securing...
On Friday, the Senate passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R. 7888, which reauthorizes and expands FISA Section 702 for a period of two years. In doing so, the Senate...
View ArticleEPIC 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 the ICO to prohibit the use of the facially illegal...
View ArticleEPIC Urges DOJ to Harmonize Data Broker Regulations with Larger Federal Push...
On April 19, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) advanced notice of proposed rule making (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive...
View ArticleHHS 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. The rule extends the Health Insurance Portability...
View ArticlePresident 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 are prohibited from selling, transferring, or...
View ArticleLaw360: 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 holding Warner’s feet to the fire. Baumohl noted that...
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