Digital Library

EPIC Urges DOJ, FTC to Consider Data Protection and Consumer Privacy in Merger Guidelines

Mergers frequently involve the consolidation of data sets, which as EPIC explained “can entrench a firm’s dominant market position, raise barriers to entry for new and smaller firms, and exacerbate the effects of harmful consumer data practices.”

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Updates

Generative AI and Elections: The Approaching Train Wreck

If you already find parsing through election ads and campaign speeches to get to the truth difficult, just wait for what is ahead with a 2024 election season filled with generative AI generated ads. Misinformation and disinformation already exist in our elections, but generative AI will exacerbate this problem, leaving voters flooded with information and unable to sort out what is real.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Election Security

• Government AI Use

• International Privacy

• Voter Privacy

• Web Scraping

• Analysis

Senate Confirms Anna Gomez to FCC

The U.S. Senate confirmed Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission, ending an unprecedented two-and-a-half years without a full FCC.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Updates

EPIC, CDD, Fairplay Urge FTC to Require Independent Audit of Face-Scanning Parental Consent Tool

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC, the Center for Digital Democracy, and Fairplay urged the FTC to center privacy and data security risks as it evaluates Yoti Inc’s proposed face-scanning tool for obtaining verifiable parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

• Children's Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Safeguard Next Generation 911 Data

On August 9, EPIC urged the Federal Communications Commission to prioritize privacy and cybersecurity in its rulemaking on deploying Next Generation 911 technologies.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Updates

In re: Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911)   

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

EPIC Commends FTC Rulemaking to Expand Health Breach Notification Rule, Urges Expansion

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC applauded the proposed modifications to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR).

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Comments to the FTC on Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the Health Breach Notification Rule

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in support of the proposed changes and to share additional recommendations and expertise with the Commission.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health Privacy

• Comments

EPIC and NCL Urge Ninth Circuit to Hold Telecoms Accountable for Weak Security Allowing SIM Swap Fraud

In an amicus brief, EPIC and the National Consumers League (NCL) urged the Ninth Circuit to hold carriers liable when they fail to sufficiently protect consumers from SIM swap attacks, which can allow a fraudster to wipe out a person's entire life savings.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

SEC Requires Cybersecurity Incident and Oversight Disclosures

Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules requiring public companies to notify shareholders of any "material" cybersecurity incident within four business days of determining that the incident rises to that level.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates