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EPIC Urges the CFPB Not to Delay Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking 

EPIC joined the National Consumer Law Center and a coalition of 60 consumer, civil rights, healthcare, and advocacy organizations to urge the CFPB not to delay the agency’s planned Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rulemaking.  

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

EPIC Submits Comments Calling on the CFPB to Strengthen Consumer Reporting Protections

Today EPIC called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to strengthen protections for consumers in response to the CFPB's outline of proposals under consideration for its upcoming rulemaking focusing on credit reporting.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

FCC Advances Net Neutrality Rulemaking, Raising Prospect of Stricter Privacy Rules for ISPs

The Federal Communications Commissions voted to move forward with its open internet protections rulemaking, a measure similar to the net neutrality rule adopted by the FCC in 2015 but later repealed during the Trump administration.

• Communications Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Robocalls

• Updates

CFPB and FTC Cite TransUnion for Violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission took joint action to protect consumers from violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by TransUnion. The agencies found that TransUnion violated rules governing tenant screening and that the company failed to timely place or remove security freezes on users’ accounts.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

New EPIC Report Delves into State AI Procurement

Across the country, state and local agencies are outsourcing important government decisions to private companies and their AI tools—all without meaningful public input or oversight.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government AI Use

• Open Government

• Updates

Press Release: Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

EPIC, Demand Progress, Just Futures Law, and the National Consumer Law Center today announced support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra’s announcement that the agency will use its rulemaking authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to address the rampant harm data brokers are causing to the public.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Urges CFPB to Take Decisive Regulatory Action Against Data Brokers

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Location Tracking

• Updates

FCC Chair Rosenworcel Announces Privacy and Data Protection Task Force

The new staff working group will address data breaches, supply chain vulnerabilities, SIM swapping, protections for survivors of domestic violence, and responsibilities for privacy and data protection among telecom, interconnected VoIP, cable, and satellite providers.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Encryption

• Location Tracking

• Updates

EPIC Joins NCLC Coalition Reply Comments on Robotexts and Online Consents

EPIC joined NCLC's coalition comments urging the FCC not to proceed with its proposed modified rules and instead enforce the stronger, existing rules regarding consent to receive texts and prerecorded telemarketing calls.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC, NCLC Urge FCC to Rein In Number Brokering to Better Combat Robocalls

EPIC and NCLC urged the FCC to expand its focus on caller ID authentication to include curtailing short-term rentals of phone numbers which can bypass caller ID authentication rules.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• Updates