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EPIC Joins Over 140 Organizations in Opposing Ban on State AI Regulation

May 21, 2025
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Asks Third Circuit to Recognize that Not All Data Protection Laws are Unconstitutional

May 21, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- The First Amendment
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Massachusetts Senate Committee Approves Robust Comprehensive Privacy Law

May 14, 2025

The Senate members of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybsecurity, and the Internet have given a favorable report to a redrafted version of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act ("MDPA"). If enacted, MDPA would be the strongest state privacy law in the nation.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Opposes House Proposal to Ban States from Regulating AI

May 12, 2025

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s budget reconciliation text includes dangerous provisions on artificial intelligence that would allocate $500 million to federal government spending on AI and preempt state AI legislation for the next 10 years.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Oregon Bill Banning Sale of Location Data

May 8, 2025

EPIC Deputy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified before the Oregon Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of HB2008, which would update the Oregon Data Privacy Law to ban the sale of precise geolocation data and the data of minors.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Strong Privacy Bill in Maine

May 7, 2025

EPIC's testimony also opposed three bills that would not adequately protect Mainers' privacy.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Urges California Privacy Protection Agency to Resist Industry Pressure to Weaken Draft Regulations

May 2, 2025

EPIC urges the CPPA to restore the regulations to their more privacy-protective earlier iterations.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- Risk Assessments
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Workplace Privacy
- Updates
Connecticut AG Issues Report Urging Legislature to Adopt Strong Data Minimization

April 25, 2025

The Connecticut Attorney General's office published a new report discussing trends after its first year enforcing of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) and recommending legislative fixes that would allow the office to better protect consumers' privacy.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Arkansas Legislature Passes Privacy Bill Expanding Enhanced COPPA Protections to Teens

April 18, 2025

This week, the Arkansas Legislature passed the Arkansas Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (HB 1717). The bill is modeled off the existing federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) framework but would build on COPPA’s existing protections extend those privacy protections for teens aged 13-16.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Joins Coalition Letter Urging California Privacy Agency to Advance ADMT Draft Regulations Despite Industry Pushback

April 16, 2025

CPPA weakened the draft regulations last month amid industry pressure.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Workplace Privacy
- Updates

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