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  • A Civil Society Call to the New European Leadership

    November 27, 2024

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  • EPIC Awards the Tire Meu Rosto da Sua Mira Campaign as EPIC International Privacy Champions

    May 29, 2024

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  • EPIC Urges UK ICO to Prohibit “Consent or Pay” Business Models

    April 22, 2024

    On April 17, EPIC submitted comments to the UK ICO on its call for views relating to “Consent or Pay” business models. In its comments, EPIC urged the ICO to prohibit the use of the facially illegal business model due to the clear violation of the UK GDPR’s definition of consent.

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  • EU Lawmakers Clinch Deal on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Legislation

    December 11, 2023

    Late Friday night, EU policymakers reached a political agreement on the final terms of the Artificial Intelligence Act.

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  • Top EU Court Rules Against Use of Automated Decision-Making Algorithms in Credit Information Industry

    December 11, 2023

    The CJEU ruled that the creation of an automated “probability value based on personal data concerning his or her ability to meet payment commitments in the future” by a credit information agency constitutes an “automated individual decision making” within the meaning of Article 22.

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  • EDPB Clarifies Ban on Meta’s Processing of Personal Data for Targeted Advertising

    December 8, 2023

    On December 7th, the EDPB clarified that a contract is not a legitimate purpose for Meta’s processing of personal data, striking down the subscription service model.

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  • EDPB Orders Stop to Meta’s Behavioral Advertising

    November 2, 2023

    On October 27, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an urgent binding decision that the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) must ban Meta from behavioral advertising in the European Economic Area by November 10th.

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  • EPIC Urges UK ICO To Address Law Enforcement Use of Private Data/Systems, Security Issues, AI, and “Soft Biometrics” in Draft Biometric Data Guidance

    October 23, 2023

    In comments filed October 20th, EPIC urged the UK ICO's Identity and Trust Team (Technology Policy) to make updates to its draft biometric data guidance. In particular, we recommend that the guidance be expanded to (i) address the pervasive ties between law enforcement and private companies' biometric data and systems; (ii) establish baseline security standards for biometric processing, including a template risk assessment; and (iii) detail the risks of scale and scope of harm present where AI is integrated into biometric systems.

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  • India Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

    August 9, 2023

    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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  • European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

    July 10, 2023

    The European Commission has formally adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the Framework). U.S. and EU authorities developed the Framework to replace Privacy Shield, a data transfer framework which was deemed non-compliant with the GDPR in the Schrems II case.

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