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EPIC Joins Over 35 Organizations to Defend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Complaint System

June 25, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Report: Privacy Harms from AI Necessitate Robust Risk Assessments

June 25, 2025

Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) released Assessing the Assessments: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Algorithmic & Privacy Risk Assessments.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- Risk Assessments
- Student Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Workplace Privacy
- Updates
EPIC, Consumer Reports File Comments Urging California Privacy Agency to Strengthen Its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform

June 18, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC and Public Knowledge Urge FCC to Protect More Sensitive 911 Caller Location Data, Such as IoT Data

June 17, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Updates
EPIC Sues CISA for Report on Security Vulnerabilities in Telecommunications Networks

June 14, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
EPIC Applauds Vermont Governor Phil Scott for Signing Age-Appropriate Design Code into Law

June 12, 2025

This afternoon, Governor Phil Scott signed the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) into law. The Vermont AADC protects kids’ privacy, enhances kids’ autonomy, and ensures their online safety by prohibiting abusive data and design practices. The law will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Social Media Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Commends Oregon for Enacting Heightened Protections for Location, Minors’ Data

June 4, 2025

Yesterday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed H.B. 2008, a bill that amends the Oregon Data Privacy Law to ban the sale of precise geolocation data and the data of minors under 16.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Applauds FTC for Regulating Harmful AI Practices, Pushes Agency to Identify Such Practices as Unfair

June 3, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Urges the CPPA to Reinstate Strong Consumer Protections in Cybersecurity, Risk Assessments, and ADMT Rulemaking

June 3, 2025

EPIC submitted comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) urging the Agency to restore earlier drafts of the regulations that were more privacy protective rather than adopting the current draft, which has been significantly weakened.
- AI Policy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Updates
EPIC Applauds Passage of Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code

May 29, 2025

Today, the Vermont Legislature passed the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The Vermont AADC protects kids’ privacy, enhances kids’ autonomy, and ensures their online safety by prohibiting abusive data and design practices. The bill now awaits the Governor’s approval.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Social Media Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates

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