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  • EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Rule Kids Privacy Law Doesn’t Violate Constitution

    June 18, 2025

    • Children's Privacy

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  • EPIC, Consumer Reports File Comments Urging California Privacy Agency to Strengthen Its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform

    June 18, 2025

    • Consumer Privacy

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  • 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.

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  • 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.  

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  • EPIC Applauds FTC for Regulating Harmful AI Practices, Pushes Agency to Identify Such Practices as Unfair

    June 3, 2025

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  • Trump Administration Backs Off Illegal Demand for SNAP Data

    June 3, 2025

    The reversal comes in response to a lawsuit filed by SNAP recipients, MAZON, and EPIC.

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  • 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.

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  • Coalition Asks Court to Block USDA’s Collection of Personal SNAP Data

    May 28, 2025

    A coalition of students, SNAP recipients, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and EPIC sought a temporary restraining order Tuesday to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from unlawfully acquiring the personal data of millions of SNAP recipients.

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  • USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Beneficiaries From States

    May 22, 2025

    Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025) — Students, SNAP recipients, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint in federal court today challenging a demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for states and third-party vendors to turn over the personal data of tens of millions of Americans who receive help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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  • EPIC Asks Third Circuit to Recognize that Not All Data Protection Laws are Unconstitutional

    May 21, 2025

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