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President Biden Signs Law Limiting Data Broker Sales
President Biden has signed H.R. 815, which includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
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EPIC Urges DOJ to Harmonize Data Broker Regulations with Larger Federal Push Against Commercial Surveillance
On April 19, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) advanced notice of proposed rule making (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.
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Consumer Privacy
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EPIC Comments to DOJ Regarding ANPRM on Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data by Countries of Concern
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern, published on March 5, 2024,1 which responds to President Biden’s Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO 14117).2
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Intelligence Surveillance
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International Privacy
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Location Tracking
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APA Comments
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Media Post: FTC Bans Data Broker From Selling ‘Sensitive’ Locations, Rejects Tougher Terms
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Consent Order with Avast, Ltd. et al.
EPIC commends the Commission for using its authority to investigate and take enforcement actions against companies like Avast engaged in unfair and deceptive practices, especially where companies wrongfully profit from the selling of web browsing data and other sensitive information. Avast exploited users’ desire for privacy protections by promising that its software would block tracking technologies that collect browsing information—while selling such data itself. We support the Commission’s enforcement action against Avast, and we offer two recommendations to make the final Order even stronger: (1) the Commission should extend the core prohibition of the Order to cover sales or disclosures of browsing data for other purposes, such as sales of data to government contractors for national security purposes; and (2) the Commission should incorporate a comprehensive data minimization framework with express collection, processing, transfer, and retention limits.
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Comments
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FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Sets Date for Vote to Restore Net Neutrality
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced this morning that the FCC would vote during its April Open Meeting to restore Net Neutrality.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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EPIC Urges the NTIA to Tackle Privacy Harms, Bias, and Regulatory Hurdles in New Comment on AI Model Openness
Yesterday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to its request for comments on the risks and benefits of dual-use foundation models with widely available model weights, highlighting key privacy, bias, and regulatory hurdles that both closed and open AI models must overcome.
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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 Brokers
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Government AI Use
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Web Scraping
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Updates
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Scientific American: Banning TikTok Would Do Basically Nothing to Protect Your Data
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Proposed U.S. Legislation
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Social Media Privacy
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Law360: House Passes Bill to Protect Data from Foreign Adversaries
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Social Media Privacy
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POLITICO: Lawmakers pass milestone privacy bill overshadowed by TikTok fever
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Proposed U.S. Legislation
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Social Media Privacy
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