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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.

• Big Data

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Awards Johnny Ryan, Beeban Kidron as EPIC International Privacy Champions

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• International Privacy

• Updates

Anna Gomez Nominated to Federal Communications Commission

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Updates

EPIC Comments on EU Metaverse Vision

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Joins Consumer Groups in Urging Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the CFPB

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

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.

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Screening & Scoring

• Web Scraping

• Updates

EPIC Leads Coalition Brief Defending California’s New Age-Appropriate Design Code

On Friday, EPIC lead a coalition including Reset Tech, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, and former government officials in filing an amicus brief defending California's new Age-Appropriate Design Code against a challenge from tech giant advocacy group NetChoice.

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

Italy Bans ChatGPT and Begins Investigating Potential GDPR Violations by OpenAI

Yesterday, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued an order under the GDPR requiring OpenAI to immediately stop processing local user data, effectively blocking ChatGPT until OpenAI complies with European data protection laws. The DPA’s order comes at a time of increased scrutiny over ChatGPT and similar generative A.I. models.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• International Privacy

• Updates

GoodRx Enforcement Action Signals FTC’s Invigorated Commitment to Health Privacy

When your alarm went off this morning, the first thing you did was check your phone to see how many hours you had slept on your sleep tracking app. The next step in your morning routine was to throw on your smart watch and start your day (hopefully you’ll hit 10,000 steps).

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Health Privacy

• Analysis

Ninth Circuit Revives Children’s Privacy Class Action Against Google

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Updates