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FTC Announces $25 Million Fine Against Amazon for Kids Privacy Violations
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced a major enforcement action against Amazon, moving to fine the tech and retail giant $25 million and requiring updated data deletion practices.
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Big Data
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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FTC Finds Amazon Ring Cameras Responsible for “Egregious Violations of Users’ Privacy,” Requires Data Deletion
An FTC order found that Amazon had allowed employees access to sensitive videos from indoor Ring cameras and failed to implement cybersecurity practices to prevent known breaches.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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Ireland Fines Meta €1.2 Billion, Orders Halt of Personal Data Transfers to U.S.
ompany to suspend transfers of personal data to the United States within five months, finding that Meta’s transfers violation the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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FISA Section 702
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms
EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Competition and Privacy
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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Privacy & Racial Justice
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In re: Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages (FNPRM)
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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APA Comments
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Reply Comments in re: Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (NPRM)
These reply comments recognize the support in the record for survivor self-certification and a presumption of financial hardship (Section II), to acknowledge the potential opportunities and unintended consequences of the proposals Survivor Advocates and others have supported (Section III), and to build a more robust record regarding the privacy concerns facing survivors of domestic and sexual violence (Section IV).
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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APA Comments
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EPIC Joins Consumer Groups in Urging Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the CFPB
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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 Brokers
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Screening & Scoring
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Updates
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EPIC, NCLC, and Partners Urge FCC to More Aggressively Combat Robotexts, Not Weaken Existing Rules
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Updates
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In a First, FCC Disconnects Provider for Failure to Block Robocalls
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Updates
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EU Parliament Approves AI Act, Urges Rejection of Transatlantic Data Framework
uropean Parliament held a series of meetings, resulting in adopting both the text of the AI Act and a resolution outlining risks and proposals for change in the currently-proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
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AI in the Criminal Justice System
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AI Policy
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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 Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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International Privacy
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International Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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Screening & Scoring
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Web Scraping
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