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EPIC Denounces Administration’s Assault on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
February 13, 2025
Over the past week, the Trump administration and associates of Elon Musk have escalated their existential attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), effectively shutting down a vital federal agency that protects consumers from harmful business and personal data practices by banks and other financial companies. EPIC condemns this coordinated assault on consumers, which undermines one of the most effective champions for the public interest anywhere in government.
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PRESS RELEASE: EPIC, Democracy Forward, and Federal Worker Sue DOGE for Illegal Seizure of Personal Data From Treasury, Personnel Systems
February 10, 2025
EPIC, Democracy Forward, and a federal worker filed suit today against the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history
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EPIC Condemns Unprecedented Breaches of Personal Data at Federal Agencies
February 4, 2025
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EPIC, Coalition Amici: Congress Gave FCC Authority to Protect Phone Location Data
January 30, 2025
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Communications Privacy
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FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Secure Government Wiretap System in Response to Salt Typhoon Breach
January 17, 2025
On January 16, 2025, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel released a Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) "Protecting the Nation’s Communications Systems from Cybersecurity Threats",
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Communications Privacy
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Google and CEO Sundar Pichai Under Fire for Sending Americans’ Data to Foreign Adversaries in New National Security Complaint
January 16, 2025
Google sends enormous quantities of sensitive data about Americans to China and other foreign adversaries, according to evidence in a major complaint filed today at the FTC by EPIC and Enforce. This is the first ever complaint under the new Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act.
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Sixth Circuit Rejects FCC Authority Over ISPs
January 8, 2025
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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FCC Signals Possible Update to Wiretap Regulations in Light of Massive Breach
December 20, 2024
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Communications Privacy
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Data Security
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Encryption
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EPIC Executive Director Testifies Before the House Financial Services Committee
December 4, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Minimization
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EPIC Commends Vendor Oversight, Third-Party Auditing, and Data Retention Limits in FTC’s Marriott Data Breach Settlement
November 13, 2024
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Minimization
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