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FCC Requires T-Mobile to Implement Some Data Minimization and Zero-Trust Architecture

October 10, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Provide Robust Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency in IoT Cybersecurity Label

September 5, 2024

EPIC recently submitted a comment to supplement our previously filed joint comments to call on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure robust oversight, accountability, and transparency for the Cyber Trust Mark program, a voluntary cybersecurity labelling program for Internet of Things (IoT).
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Require More Disclosures Around AI Content in Political Ads—and Restrict AI Disinformation

September 5, 2024
- Access to Information
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Updates
Comment on Disclosure and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Advertisements (FCC Request for Comment)

September 5, 2024

In these comments, EPIC commends the FCC for pursuing AI transparency in the realm of political advertisements, but cautions the Commission that more granular information (and limited restraints) will be necessary to ensure the public can discern what content is real and worth believing.
- Access to Information
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- APA Comments
EPIC Joins Coalition Urging FCC to Strengthen Consumer Privacy and Trust in IoT Cybersecurity Label

August 20, 2024

EPIC joined Consumer Reports, Carnegie Mellon University, Public Knowledge, and New York University in calling for the Federal Communications Commission to take five key steps to boost consumer confidence in the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, related to ensuring accurate labels, including disclosures about sensors and other privacy concerns, and promoting third-party accountability.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. FCC and USA (Data Breach Reporting Req’ts)

August 20, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Amicus Briefs
EPIC Coalition Amicus: Congress Gave FCC Authority to Protect Phone Subscribers with Breach Notification Rules

August 10, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Protect Data of Callers to the 988 Crisis Hotline System

July 30, 2024

EPIC urged the FCC to protect and reassure 988 callers by prohibiting the collection of geolocation information, by prohibiting carriers from disclosing caller data, and by requiring carriers and vendors to meet basic cybersecurity standards. EPIC also recommended that the agency use a georouting method that cannot collect more precise location data in the future, that it be transparent about the harms of NCI so that would-be 988 callers can be re-assured that the agency understands their fears, and to include non-988 hotlines if it convenes stakeholders about 988 privacy.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Location Tracking
- Updates
FCC Reduces Rates for Prison Phone Calls, Prohibits Charging Families for Surveillance

July 18, 2024

The FCC drastically lowered the cost of phone calls to jails and prisons, following EPIC's comments.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge FCC to Promptly Issue Order Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors from Abuse through Connected Cars Services

June 26, 2024

EPIC, the Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA), the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), and Public Knowledge filed reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding its implementation of the requirements of the Safe Connections Act as it applies to connected car services.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Updates

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