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EPIC Welcomes CFPB’s Proposed Rules to Rein in Reckless Data Brokers, Protect Privacy & Security

December 3, 2024

The proposed rules clarify that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)—a federal statute promoting accuracy, fairness, and privacy in the collection and retention of personal information—applies to data brokers that have operated outside of the law for years.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Call on CFPB to Move Forward in Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking

November 5, 2024

EPIC and a coalition of civil society organizations and experts sent a letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to release a proposed rule to strengthen the Fair Credit Reporting Act as soon as possible.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
CFPB Issues New Guidance to Protect Workers from Digital Surveillance Using Third-Party Consumer Reporting Tools

October 25, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued guidance to protect workers from digital surveillance.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC’s Davisson testifies before House Energy & Commerce Committee

September 19, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
U.S. Sues TikTok for Significant Child Privacy Violations

August 8, 2024

This week the Department of Justice sued TikTok for “flagrantly violating” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”), and a FTC Consent Order from 2019 as a result of previous COPPA and FTC Act violations.
- Children's Privacy
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Big Tech’s Campaign to Immunize Itself from Regulation

July 1, 2024

The Supreme Court’s decision in the NetChoice cases is a huge loss for NetChoice. NetChoice's shoot-for-the-moon strategy failed miserably. The Big Tech trade group sought a pronouncement that platform design choices are wholly protected expression, but the Court refused to take the bait. Instead, the Court took the approach that EPIC advocated in its amicus brief: to the extent that the decision recognizes any protected editorial judgment for platforms’ decisions about whether and how to display content, it is narrowly confined to decisions that reflect a company’s judgements about the content, and does not include content-neutral design decisions.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Social Media Privacy
- The First Amendment
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC & NCLC Urge Second Circuit to Rehear Case About Automated Call Protections

June 4, 2024

EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) have filed an amicus brief urging the full Second Circuit to rehear Soliman v. Subway, a case about whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s autodialer restriction protects against automated calls or only randomly dialed calls.
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Robocalls
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
President Biden Signs Law Limiting Data Broker Sales

April 24, 2024

President Biden has signed H.R. 815, which includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
American Privacy Rights Act Hearing Tomorrow

April 16, 2024
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
House of Representatives Unanimously Approves Data Broker Bill

March 21, 2024

The House of Representatives has voted unanimously (214-0) to pass H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, sponsored by Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA).
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates

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