Federal Trade Commission
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EPIC Joins Coalition Comment to FTC Supporting Swift Restoration of Click-to-Cancel Protections
April 22, 2026
Last week, EPIC joined 15 other civil society organizations in a comment supporting the FTC’s efforts to modernize the Negative Option Rule and urging the Commission to move swiftly to crack down on harmful subscription practices.
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Competition and Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Updates
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PRESS RELEASE: FTC Should Develop Privacy-Protective Age Assurance Standards, Leading Orgs Say
March 18, 2026
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should revise its enforcement policy statement on age verification under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and develop stronger, privacy-protective age assurance standards, three leading advocacy organizations said today.
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Age Assurance
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC, OTI Urge FTC Not to Ignore Full Scope of Data-Driven Harms
February 26, 2026
As part of today’s Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy, EPIC and New America’s Open Technology Institute filed comments urging the FTC “to take a more comprehensive view of consumer harm in the data-driven economy.”
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC Joins Groups Urging FTC to Crack Down on Hidden Surveillance Pricing
February 24, 2026
This week, EPIC joined a group of national consumer protection and privacy groups to urge the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on hidden surveillance pricing.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Online Advertising & Tracking
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Privacy Laws
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Surveillance Pricing
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Updates
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EPIC Joins Coalition Urging FTC to Renew Click-to-Cancel Rulemaking to Protect Consumers from Subscription Traps
January 8, 2026
Last week, EPIC joined two comments to the FTC calling on the Commission to renew its click-to-cancel rulemaking, which was dubiously vacated last year on procedural grounds.
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Consumer Privacy
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Updates
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EPIC Urges FTC to Strengthen Data Minimization Requirements in Proposed Order with Illuminate Education
January 6, 2026
In comments, EPIC commended the FTC for taking action against harmful data security practices, recognizing specifically that misrepresentations of data security measures and false assurances that data breaches will be timely disclosed constitute unfair and deceptive acts. To make the proposed order meaningful and effective, EPIC encouraged the FTC to strengthen the data minimization provisions of the order.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Minimization
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Data Protection
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Student Privacy
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Updates
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FTC Denies Stalkerware CEO’s Attempt to Evade Consent Decree, Citing to EPIC Comments
December 9, 2025
On December 8, the Federal Trade Commission denied the petition of Scott Zuckerman, CEO of the stalkerware app SpyFone, who sought to vacate or reduce his obligations under a 2021 FTC Consent Decree.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Location Tracking
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Updates
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Letter Calling for FTC Oversight and Suspension of Meta’s AI Chatbot Advertising Practice
October 30, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Chatbots
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Minimization
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Publications
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PRESS RELEASE: Advocates Urge FTC to Halt Meta’s Plan to Use AI Chatbot Data for Ads
October 30, 2025
The letter urges the agency to exercise its oversight authority and act under both Meta’s existing consent decree and Section 5 of the FTC Act to stop this practice from moving forward.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Chatbots
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Online Advertising & Tracking
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Platform Accountability & Governance
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Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
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Updates
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