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EPIC Testifies in Support of New Mexico Privacy Bill
February 14, 2025
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Kroger’s Surveillance Pricing Harms Consumers and Raises Prices, With or Without Facial Recognition
February 14, 2025
Every time you step into a grocery store, you step into a machinery of data that tracks, analyzes, shares, and influences your shopping behavior. Based on shopping history and data shared from data brokers—including internet browsing history and online purchases—grocery stores may infer your age, gender, race, economic status, family makeup, health conditions, or other lifestyle characteristics.
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Consumer Privacy
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Online Advertising & Tracking
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Analysis
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Testimony for New Mexico Internet Privacy & Safety Act (HB 307)
February 14, 2025
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Testimony
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EPIC Denounces Administration’s Assault on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
February 13, 2025
Over the past week, the Trump administration and associates of Elon Musk have escalated their existential attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), effectively shutting down a vital federal agency that protects consumers from harmful business and personal data practices by banks and other financial companies. EPIC condemns this coordinated assault on consumers, which undermines one of the most effective champions for the public interest anywhere in government.
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Vehicle Fingerprinting Through Pervasive Camera Surveillance Likely Violates Fourth Amendment, Court Finds
February 11, 2025
On February 5, a §1983 case alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment for the City of Norfolk’s use of Flock to indiscriminately track residents’ movement around town survived a baseless standing challenge and motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.
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Privacy in Public
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Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss
February 11, 2025
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Privacy in Public
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Legal Document
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ProPublica: In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law
February 11, 2025
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Data Protection
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Government Databases
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Government Records & Privacy
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Privacy Laws
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The Intercept: ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
February 11, 2025
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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The First Amendment
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News
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The Record: Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of violating federal information security law
February 11, 2025
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Government Records & Privacy
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Bloomberg Law: DOGE Hit With Electronic Privacy Group’s Suit Over ‘Data Breach’
February 11, 2025
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Government Records & Privacy
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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News
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