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EPIC Urges the NTIA to Tackle Privacy Harms, Bias, and Regulatory Hurdles in New Comment on AI Model Openness
Yesterday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to its request for comments on the risks and benefits of dual-use foundation models with widely available model weights, highlighting key privacy, bias, and regulatory hurdles that both closed and open AI models must overcome.
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AI Policy
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Vermont House Unanimously Passes Vermont Data Privacy Act
The Vermont House of Representatives unanimously passed the Vermont Data Privacy Act (H.121). EPIC testified in support of the bill earlier this spring.
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Consumer Privacy
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EPIC, National Consumer Law Center Urge Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Limit Harmful Tracking and Disclosure of Private Health Information
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Consumer Privacy
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Health Privacy
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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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Maryland Privacy Bills Pass House and Senate
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (SB 541/HB 567) has passed both the House and Senate. Next, each bill will face a vote in the opposite chamber before heading to conference committee to reconcile minor differences between versions.
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Consumer Privacy
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EPIC Seeks CISA Report on Threat of SS7 Surveillance
Following up on a letter from Sen. Wyden to Pres. Biden, on March 12 EPIC submitted a FOIA request to DHS for an unclassified, unpublished 2022 CISA report on the threat of SS7 surveillance and securing America's communications networks.
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Communications Privacy
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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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Data Protection
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Data Security
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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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House Committee Approves Bill Restricting Sales of Sensitive Data to Foreign Adversaries
Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee approved H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
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Consumer Privacy
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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EPIC, ACLU, EFF Urge NHTSA to Prioritize Privacy When Developing New Drunk Driving Prevention Systems
EPIC, EFF, and the ACLU urged NHTSA to select the most privacy protective technologies available for new rules requiring cars to prevent drunk and impaired driving.
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Consumer Privacy
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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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