Digital Library

FCC Requires T-Mobile to Implement Some Data Minimization and Zero-Trust Architecture

October 10, 2024

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

EPIC Urges CFPB to Grant Petition Addressing Coerced Debt

October 10, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

Privacy Laws and Amendments Go into Effect in Montana and Connecticut

October 2, 2024

Nineteen states have enacted privacy laws of varying strength in recent years.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

FTC Report on Streaming and Social Media Companies Emphasizes Privacy, Security, and AI-Related Risks

September 30, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission published the results from its 6(b) study on streaming and social media companies, detailing vast commercial surveillance of consumers—including non-users—for the purposes of monetizing of their personal information.

• Big Data

• Children's Privacy

• Communications Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

FTC Takes Action Against Businesses Using Unproven, Deceptive, and Fraudulent AI Systems

September 25, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s Operation AI Comply is in full swing. The Commission’s new initiative aims to crack down on AI-infused frauds and deceptions to protect consumers from deceptive, inaccurate, and fraudulent AI-powered practices like chatbots, fake online reviews, or false claims of huge earnings. The Commission has taken action against DoNotPay, Ascend Ecom, Ecommerce Empire Builders, Rytr, and the FBA Machine for deceptive uses of AI that harmed consumers.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

EPIC Publishes Model Privacy Bill as Practical Solution for States

September 24, 2024

The model bill provides meaningful privacy protections, prohibits data-driven discrimination, and allows consumers to hold businesses accountable for violating their privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC’s Davisson testifies before House Energy & Commerce Committee

September 19, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Provide Robust Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency in IoT Cybersecurity Label

September 5, 2024

EPIC recently submitted a comment to supplement our previously filed joint comments to call on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure robust oversight, accountability, and transparency for the Cyber Trust Mark program, a voluntary cybersecurity labelling program for Internet of Things (IoT).

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

EPIC Applauds FTC Order Following Camera Hack and CAN-SPAM Violations

September 5, 2024

Last week, the FTC announced a proposed order against Verkada, a seller of IP-enabled security cameras on the heels of two data breaches and violations of the CAN-SPAM Act

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Robocalls

• Updates

Ninth Circuit Revives Case Challenging Google’s Bait-and-Switch Data Practices

August 21, 2024

Yesterday the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Calhoun v. Google LLC reversing a lower court decision in favor of Google. The Court sent the case back to the district court to evaluate whether a “reasonable” user of the Google Chrome browser should be presumed to have consented to certain misleading and convoluted privacy policies. EPIC submitted an amicus brief in the case urging the court to hold that users who specifically opted out of syncing their information from Chrome with their Google accounts did not consent to the more invasive data practices disclosed in Google’s general privacy policy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Updates