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  • The Seven Year Itch: On the GDPR’s Anniversary, A Look At Its History, Legacy, and Uncertain Future

    June 4, 2025

    • Competition and Privacy

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    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • International Privacy

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  • AARP: 6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling

    April 2, 2025

    • Consumer Privacy

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    • International Privacy

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  • WIRED: Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

    February 20, 2025

    • Consumer Privacy

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  • EPIC, Coalition Letter to Congress regarding PCLOB firings

    February 3, 2025

    We write to strongly condemn the White House firing of three Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) members, which shattered the independence that is key to the Board’s effectiveness. We urge Congress to act expeditiously to restore that independence.

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  • PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Calls on Congress to Hold On Confirmations Pending White House Nominations to Fill Privacy Oversight Board

    January 30, 2025

    EPIC calls on the White House to immediately nominate a Chair and full bipartisan slate of Board Members, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate and consultation with Congressional leadership as required by the law. EPIC also calls on members of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees to hold consideration of other Intelligence Community nominations until the PCLOB Member nominations have been submitted.

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  • Time Magazine: Why DeepSeek Is Sparking Debates Over National Security, Just Like TikTok 

    January 29, 2025

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  • Anti-Spyware Coalition Sends Letter to European Union to Prosecute Illegal Hacking of Journalists and Activists in Serbia

    December 20, 2024

    On December 19, EPIC joined 50 civil society organizations urging major European Union (“EU”) institutions to take action to stop the Serbian Authorities’ illegal use of spyware to target journalists, activists, and members of civil society.

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  • EPIC Comments to Dutch DPA on Emotion Recognition Prohibition under EU AI Act

    December 17, 2024

    By notice published on October 31, 2024, the Netherlands’ Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (“AP”) sought input1 on its interpretation of the sixth prohibition of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (hereinafter the “AI Act”)2 which prohibits AI systems intended to identify or infer the emotions or intentions of natural persons (“emotion recognition systems”)3 in the areas of workplace or education institutions based on biometric data (“Prohibition F”).4

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  • EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Polish Presidency to Prioritize Action Against Spyware Misuse

    December 13, 2024

    EPIC, alongside 13 civil society organizations, has sent a joint letter to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, urging them to prioritize decisive action against spyware misuse.

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  • EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Council to Reconsider Proposals That Would Undermine Encryption  

    December 12, 2024

    EPIC, along with 54 other civil society organizations, industry, and professional associations, wrote a letter to the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, warning them of the dangers of undermining encryption for further law enforcement access to data.

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