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Judge adopts dangerously overbroad view of First Amendment that could threaten privacy laws nationwide
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
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.”
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Updates
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.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Updates
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.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Updates
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
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Data Protection
- Government AI Use
- International Privacy
- Updates
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).
- Children's Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
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
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- Updates
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.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Updates
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.
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws
- Updates
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).
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health Privacy
- Updates

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