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EPIC Applauds Proposed FTC Order With Blackbaud, Urges Stronger Protections for Donor Privacy
EPIC submitted comments in response to the FTC’s proposed order with Blackbaud, a donor management software company used by nonprofits, which failed to implement basic cybersecurity measures and failed to appropriately notify impacted consumers when a months-long breach occurred.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Health Privacy
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Updates
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Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order with Blackbaud, Inc.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Health Privacy
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APA Comments
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EPIC Applauds FTC’s Modernization of COPPA Rule, Recommends Improvements to Curb Behavioral Advertising and Protect Privacy for Children Online
In comments filed yesterday with the FTC, EPIC applauded the Commission’s efforts to modernize the COPPA Rule and introduced several recommendations to improve the efficacy of the proposed changes to the Rule.
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Comments of EPIC to the FTC on Amending the COPPA Rule
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Request for Comment on proposed modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).[1] These modifications are a result of a years-long process to strengthen and modernize COPPA’s protections for children online, a goal which EPIC enthusiastically supports.
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Children's Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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APA Comments
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FTC Adopts Recommendation by EPIC & NCLC-Led Coalition to Ensure Sellers Don’t Evade Recordkeeping Responsibilities
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Updates
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EPIC Comments on Proposed FTC Order that Prohibits Data Aggregator from Selling Location Data
EPIC filed comments this week in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed consent order with location data aggregator InMarket LLC, which used consumers’ location data to create and maintain consumer profiles to targeted advertising.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Consent Order with InMarket Media LLC
EPIC commends the Commission for using its authority to investigate and take enforcement action against companies like InMarket that use misleadingly obtained data to create and maintain consumer profiles for targeted advertising.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Comments
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EPIC, Demand Progress, EFF Applaud Proposed FTC Order with Location Data Broker, Urge Stronger Protections for Location Data
EPIC, Demand Progress, and EFF submitted comments in response to the FTC’s proposed order and settlement with X-Mode Social, a location data broker that has previously sold data to government contractors. The groups applauded the FTC’s proposed order for highlighting the sensitive nature of location data and the discrete harm of selling to government contractors for national security purposes, but urged the Commission to apply stronger, more consistent protections for location data.
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Comments of EPIC, Demand Progress, and EFF in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc.
EPIC, Demand Progress, and EFF submitted this letter to applaud the FTC’s enforcement efforts in this matter and to provide recommendations to strengthen the proposed order (and others like it in future cases concerning location data).
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Comments
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Data Broker Helped Anti-Abortion Group Target Planned Parenthood Visitors, Wyden Letter Reveals
A letter from Senator Wyden published today revealed that Near Intelligence, a location data broker, tracked individuals’ visits to nearly 600 Planned Parenthood locations to feed a massive anti-abortion ad campaign. Senator Wyden sent the letter Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission asking the agencies to investigate the company, which claims to have information on 1.6 billion people across 44 countries.
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Data Protection
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FISA Section 702
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Location Tracking
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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