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EPIC Testifies in Support of Oregon Location Data Privacy Legislation

March 21, 2025
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Commends California Attorney General’s Investigative Sweep into Location Data Industry

March 11, 2025

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has initiated investigations into the location data industry, targeting advertising networks, mobile app providers, and data brokers on their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Specifically, the investigation targets noncompliance with the CCPA provisions providing consumers with rights to opt out of the sale and sharing of their personal information, including sensitive geolocation data.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Location Tracking
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Broker Expert Justin Sherman joins EPIC as Scholar in Residence

February 27, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Updates
Virginia bill banning sale of location data passes Senate

February 4, 2025

The Virginia Senate passed a bill today that would prohibit the sale of precise geolocation data.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland

January 31, 2025

Jeramie Scott, Senior Counsel at EPIC and Director of EPIC’s Project on Surveillance Oversight, will testify today at a Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings hearing on Maryland Senate Bill 0381.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Amici: Congress Gave FCC Authority to Protect Phone Location Data

January 30, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Location Tracking
- Updates
EPIC Commends the Prohibition on the Collection and Sale of Location Information in Invasive Real Time Bidding System in FTC’s Mobilewalla Settlement

January 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Updates
Sixth Circuit Rejects FCC Authority Over ISPs

January 8, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Robocalls
- Updates
FTC Takes Action Against Data Brokers for Selling Sensitive Location Data

December 3, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission announced two proposed settlements today with data brokers that unlawfully sold sensitive location data: one with Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel, the other with Mobilewalla.
- Data Brokers
- Location Tracking
- Updates
FTC Report on Streaming and Social Media Companies Emphasizes Privacy, Security, and AI-Related Risks

September 30, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission published the results from its 6(b) study on streaming and social media companies, detailing vast commercial surveillance of consumers—including non-users—for the purposes of monetizing of their personal information.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Social Media Privacy
- Updates

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