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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
Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with Mobilewalla

January 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Comments
CFPB Finalizes Rule Removing Medical Debt from Credit Reports

January 10, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule this week that largely prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and prohibits lenders from considering medical information when making lending decisions.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- 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
DOJ Finalizes Mixed Bag Data Broker Regulation

January 8, 2025

On December 27, the Department of Justice (DOJ) finalized its rule on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
California Rolls Out New Privacy Resource

December 23, 2024

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has released a new website with privacy resources for Californians.
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
FCC Signals Possible Update to Wiretap Regulations in Light of Massive Breach

December 20, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Encryption
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
Law360: FCC Told No Way To Network-Level Scan Of Calls For AI

December 19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Robocalls
- News
FCC Threatens to Purge More Than 2,400 Voice Service Providers from U.S. Network

December 17, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Robocalls
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Rein in Agency Exploitation of the Data Broker Loophole in New Comments

December 17, 2024

EPIC, the Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project were joined by several other organizations in comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget yesterday urging it to push back against federal agency’s use of commercially available information (CAI) to get around key constitutional and statutory privacy protections.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Fourth Amendment
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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