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TikTok is Not the Only Problem

TikTok is just one app in a vast commercial surveillance ecosystem that has been allowed to grow unencumbered over the past two decades due to the lack of a U.S. privacy law. Even if the U.S. bans TikTok, millions of apps would continue to collect the most intimate details about us and profit off of them. The endless web of data brokers who buy and sell data would continue to exist, and foreign adversaries such as China could still obtain Americans’ personal data by simply purchasing it from data brokers on the open market. This is a data privacy crisis with serious national security implications and it is past time for Congress to act.
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Social Media Privacy
- Analysis
EPIC to House Committee: Notice and Choice Does Not Protect Privacy

In advance of a markup by the House Financial Services Committee, EPIC sent a statement to the Committee regarding the proposed Data Privacy Act of 2023 sponsored by Chairman Patrick McHenry.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Updates
EPIC Statement re: Data Privacy Act of 2023
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Statements
POLITICO: The raucous battle over Americans’ online privacy is landing on states
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- News
A Proposed Compromise: the State Data Privacy and Protection Act

EPIC has crafted the State Data Privacy and Protection Act to allow state policymakers to take advantage of the bipartisan consensus language in the federal American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Analysis
EPIC Urges Financial Services Committee to Strengthen Privacy Bill
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Updates
EPIC Statement on Chairman McHenry Financial Data Privacy bill
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Statements
Meta Fined €390M Over Targeted Advertising, Ordered to Comply With GDPR
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Social Media Privacy
- Updates
MediaPost: Advocates Seek Lame-Duck Vote On Bill That Would Ban Behavioral Targeting
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- News
EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Include FISA Amici Reform in Spending Bill
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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