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In Martinez v. ZoomInfo, Ninth Circuit Recognizes Privacy Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Updates

Judge adopts dangerously overbroad view of First Amendment that could threaten privacy laws nationwide

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Urges DOJ, FTC to Consider Data Protection and Consumer Privacy in Merger Guidelines

Mergers frequently involve the consolidation of data sets, which as EPIC explained “can entrench a firm’s dominant market position, raise barriers to entry for new and smaller firms, and exacerbate the effects of harmful consumer data practices.”

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Updates

New EPIC Report Delves into State AI Procurement

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government AI Use

• Open Government

• Updates

EPIC, NCLC, Public Knowledge Urge FCC to Help Legal Callers Escape from Illegal Call Traffic

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Updates

Senate Confirms Anna Gomez to FCC

The U.S. Senate confirmed Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission, ending an unprecedented two-and-a-half years without a full FCC.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Prevent AI Misuse of Video Conferencing Data From Callers with Disabilities

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Joins Call for FTC to Investigate YouTube’s Tracking and Targeting of Children

EPIC has joined a letter by Fairplay and the Center for Digital Democracy calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate new research indicating that YouTube and Google are tracking and targeting ads at viewers of "made for kids" videos—an apparent violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Google's 2019 settlement with the FTC.

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Reinforce Previously Established Limits on Section 230

In an amicus brief submitted last Friday, EPIC and children's rights organization Fairplay submitted an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to recognize its own limiting principles on the scope of Section 230 and to allow a lawsuit against anonymous messaging company to be decided on its merits

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Updates

Press Release: Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

EPIC, Demand Progress, Just Futures Law, and the National Consumer Law Center today announced support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra’s announcement that the agency will use its rulemaking authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to address the rampant harm data brokers are causing to the public.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates