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Marketplace: What a privacy organization and Big Tech’s lead lobbying group think about internet regulation
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Social Media Privacy
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The Record: Meta loses court bid seeking to stop FTC from reopening privacy order
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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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Comments of EPIC to the UK Department for Education on Gender Questioning Children
By notice published December 19, 2023, the United Kingdom’s Department for Education (hereinafter “the Department”) has solicited feedback on its draft consultation regarding Gender Questioning Children (hereinafter “the Consultation”),[1] to close on March 12, 2024.[2] This Consultation is intended to address social transitioning in schools by minors who are questioning their gender identity. Pursuant to the request for views on how to best support schools to inform the Department’s work in this area, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) submits the following comments.
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International Privacy
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EPIC Applauds FTC’s Modernization of COPPA Rule, Recommends Improvements to Curb Behavioral Advertising and Protect Privacy for Children Online
In comments filed yesterday with the FTC, EPIC applauded the Commission’s efforts to modernize the COPPA Rule and introduced several recommendations to improve the efficacy of the proposed changes to the Rule.
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Comments of EPIC to the FTC on Amending the COPPA Rule
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Request for Comment on proposed modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).[1] These modifications are a result of a years-long process to strengthen and modernize COPPA’s protections for children online, a goal which EPIC enthusiastically supports.
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Children's Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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APA Comments
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The Record: Senator proposes new encryption provision in bill against online child exploitation
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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Proposed U.S. Legislation
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Tech Policy Press: Reviewing Amicus Briefs Filed in Appeal of California Age Appropriate Design Code Act Injunction
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Tech Policy Press: December 2023 US Tech Policy Roundup
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Democracy & Free Speech
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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News
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Houston Chronicle: FTC releases proposal to improve children’s online privacy law amid advanced technology
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Reverse Decision That Threatens the Future of Privacy
Yesterday, EPIC filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district decision striking down the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, or AADC, based on a dangerously overbroad reading of the First Amendment. As EPIC has previously explained, the decision below is so sweeping that it poses an existential threat to all privacy laws.
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Location Tracking
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Updates
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