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

    • Children's Privacy

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  • 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.”

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Microsoft Adapts AI Governance Blueprint for India

    Microsoft recently published a white paper adapting its AI Governance Blueprint for India, setting out policy ideas and recommendations tailored to India's governance and regulatory structure

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  • EPIC, CDD, Fairplay Urge FTC to Require Independent Audit of Face-Scanning Parental Consent Tool

    In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC, the Center for Digital Democracy, and Fairplay urged the FTC to center privacy and data security risks as it evaluates Yoti Inc’s proposed face-scanning tool for obtaining verifiable parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

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  • 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

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  • EPIC Urges FCC to Safeguard Next Generation 911 Data

    On August 9, EPIC urged the Federal Communications Commission to prioritize privacy and cybersecurity in its rulemaking on deploying Next Generation 911 technologies.

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  • India Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

    India's Digital Personal Data Protection Bill has passed both the upper and lower houses of Parliament and will soon be signed into law.

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  • EPIC Commends FTC Rulemaking to Expand Health Breach Notification Rule, Urges Expansion

    In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC applauded the proposed modifications to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR).

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