EPIC Alert 23.02

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Volume 23.02                                           January 29, 2016
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                  Published by the
      Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
                  Washington, DC

     http://www.epic.org/alert/epic_alert_23.02.html

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Table of Contents
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[1] EPIC Gives 2016 Freedom Award to Viviane Reding
[2] EPIC Prevails, DOJ Releases Secret EU-US Umbrella Agreement 
[3] EPIC, Coalition File Brief Supporting FCC in Phone Privacy Case
[4] EPIC Seeks to Intervene in EU Human Rights Court Privacy Case   
[5] EPIC Urges FCC to Establish Consumer Privacy Protections 
[6] News in Brief 
[7] EPIC in the News 
[8] EPIC Bookstore
[9] Upcoming Conferences and Events



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[1] EPIC Gives 2016 Freedom Award to Viviane Reding
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EPIC has presented the 2016 International Champion of Freedom Award to 
former EU Justice Minister Viviane Reding. Ms. Reding led the effort in 
the European Common for adoption of the new European privacy law, the 
General Data Protection Regulation. The EPIC award was presented 
January 27, 2016, at the annual Computers, Privacy & Data Protection 
conference in Brussels. 

The first EPIC Champion of Freedom Award was given in 2004 to Senator 
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), on the occasion of EPIC's tenth anniversary. 
Recipients of the Champion and International Champion of Freedom Awards 
have included distinguished policy makers, jurists, writers and 
litigators who have helped safeguard privacy and democratic values.

The EPIC International Privacy Champion Award was given first in 2009 
to Italian jurist Professor Stefano Rodot. The Award has subsequently 
gone to Australian jurist Michael Kirby (2010), MEP Sophie in't Veld 
(2011), Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart (2012), EU 
privacy campaigner Max Schrems (2013), MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht (2014) 
and EU Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx (2015).
 
EPIC also presents an award to a leading Privacy Advocate in the 
United States. The EPIC US Privacy Champion Award was given first in 
2010 to Beth Givens, founder and director of the Privacy Rights 
Clearinghouse. Subsequent awards have gone to notables such as founder 
and director of the Center for Digital Democracy Jeff Chester (2011), 
computer researcher and privacy advocate Christopher Soghoian (2012), 
Consumer Federation of America head Susan Grant (2013), publisher of 
Privacy Times Evan Hendricks (2014) and PGP creator Phil Zimmermann 
(2015).
 
The US EPIC Champion of Freedom Awards will be presented on June 6, 
2016 in Washington, DC.


EU:  Viviane Reding
    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1185/VIVIANE_REDING_home.html

9th Annual International Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (Jan. 2016)
    http://www.cpdpconferences.org/

EPIC:  EU Data Protection Directive
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/eu_data_protection_directive.html

EPIC:  2015 Champions of Freedom Awards (June 1, 2015)
    https://epic.org/june1/


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[2] EPIC Prevails, DOJ Releases Secret EU-US Umbrella Agreement 
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After months of delay, the US Department of Justice has finally 
released to EPIC the full text of the secret EU-US Umbrella Agreement. 
EPIC sued the DOJ in 2015 after the agency failed to act on EPIC's FOIA 
request for the Agreement, and the release follows EPIC's public 
opposition to the agency's attempt to further delay the Agreement's 
release. 

The Umbrella Agreement outlines the policies for data transfers between 
EU and US law enforcement agencies. It also forms the basis for the 
Judicial Redress Act of 2015, which has passed the House and is 
currently before the Senate. The Judicial Redress Act is intended to 
protect individual European citizens' personal information as it is 
transferred from the EU to the US. Currently, the Privacy Act of 1974 
defines an "individual" entitled to protection under the Act as "a 
citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence." The definition reflected the reality of the time, 
when US federal agencies maintained little data on non-US persons.

In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, EPIC wrote that the 
Judicial Redress Act "provides only limited opportunities for non-US 
persons to seek redress under the Privacy Act." Instead, EPIC 
recommended that the Judicial Redress Act should provide redress to 
"any natural person" without restrictions based on citizenship.

EPIC also recently urged the Senate to delay action on the Judicial 
Redress Act until the DOJ releases the Umbrella Agreement and the 
Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the legislation. With the 
Agreement now public, the Judiciary Committee is set to mark up the 
Act. A hearing to debate the bill, however, has not been scheduled.


EPIC:  EPIC v. DOJ (Umbrella Agreement)
    http://epic.org/foia/eu-us-data-transfer/

EPIC:  Text of Umbrella Agreement (Jan. 25, 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-umbrella-text.html 

EPIC:  Letter to US House re: Judicial Redress Act (Sep. 16, 2015)
    https://epic.org/redirect/091615-epic-letter-agreement.html

EPIC:  Letter to US Senate re: Judicial Redress Act (Jan. 14, 2016)
    http://epic.org/foia/eu-us-data-transfer/EPIC-Ltr-S1600.pdf


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[3] EPIC, Coalition File Brief Supporting FCC in Phone Privacy Case
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EPIC and six consumer privacy organizations have filed an amicus brief 
in support of the Federal Communications Commission in ACA International 
v. FCC. Industry groups brought the case to the US Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia, challenging the legality of a 2015 FCC 
regulation interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which 
bars telemarketers from using autodialers or prerecorded messages to 
contact consumers without prior express consent. The FCC's 2015 
regulation strengthened consumer privacy protections by requiring 
telemarketers to receive consent from the current subscriber to a phone 
number, and by allowing consumers to revoke consent via "reasonable 
means." 

EPIC's brief in support of the regulation argues that the "ubiquitous 
role of cell phones in modern American life has amplified the nuisance 
and privacy invasion caused by unwanted calls and text messages." As a 
result, EPIC states, unsolicited calls and texts "facilitate fraud, 
drain battery life, eat into data plans and phone memory space, and 
demand attention when the user would rather not be interrupted." 
Because Congress designed the TCPA to limit invasive business practices 
absent meaningful consumer consent, EPIC maintains that telemarketers, 
not consumers, should bear the burden of ensuring this consent. 

EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in federal cases concerning 
important consumer privacy issues. EPIC has also submitted numerous 
comments to the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission concerning the 
implementation of the TCPA.


EPIC:  Amicus Brief in ACA International v. FCC (Jan 22, 2016)
	https://epic.org/amicus/acaintl/EPIC-Amicus.pdf

EPIC: ACA International v. FCC (2015 TCPA Order Litigation)
	https://epic.org/amicus/acaintl/

EPIC: Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
	https://epic.org/privacy/telemarketing/

FCC:  Declaratory Ruling and Order (July 2015)
    https://epic.org/amicus/FCC%202015%20TCPA%20Order.pdf

EPIC:  Amicus Curiae Briefs
	https://epic.org/amicus/

EPIC:  Administrative Procedure Act (APA) Comments
	https://epic.org/apa/comments/


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[4] EPIC Seeks to Intervene in EU Human Rights Court Privacy Case  
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EPIC, for the first time in the organization's 22-year history, has 
asked the European Court of Human Rights for permission to submit an 
amicus brief in a case concerning mass surveillance.

The case, 10 Human Rights Organizations and Others v UK, concerns 
whether surveillance activities by the UK's MI5, MI6, and GCHQ agencies 
violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The original 
applicants, who now have been consolidated into one case, included the 
American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Canadian Civil 
Liberties Association, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, 
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Irish Council for Civil Liberties and 
Privacy International. 

EPIC argued it was in a "strong position to assist the Court in 
understanding US surveillance law." In particular, EPIC stated it 
could: (1) "provide background related to the UK and US security 
agencies' activities"; (2) "provide the Court with insights . . .with  
a special regard to procedural hurdles in privacy cases in the US"; (3) 
provide "expertise in the question of remedies, and the failure of the 
proposed bill to provide privacy safeguards for non-U.S. persons in the 
United States in particular"; and (4) "inform the question of whether 
the fundamental right to privacy is essential to freedom of expression."

EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in cases concerning emerging privacy 
and civil liberties issues in the US. In 2013, EPIC filed a petition in 
the US Supreme Court, In re EPIC, arguing that the NSA program was 
unlawful. 


EPIC:  Letter to European Court of Human Rights  (Jan. 20, 2016)
    https://epic.org/EPIC_ECtHR_24960_15_220116.pdf 

EPIC: Liberty v GCHQ
    https://epic.org/amicus/echr/liberty-gchq/

EU Human Rights Court:  10 Human Rights Organizations and Others v UK 
(Nov. 24, 2016)
    http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-159526 

EPIC:  In re EPIC - NSA Telephone Records Surveillance
   https://epic.org/privacy/nsa/in-re-epic/
   
   
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[5] EPIC Urges FCC to Establish Consumer Privacy Protections 
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EPIC has submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, 
urging the agency to undertake a rulemaking to protect consumer 
communications privacy. EPIC has asked the FCC to explore "the full 
range of communications privacy issues facing US consumers," and noted 
that European communications regulators are reviewing the EU "ePrivacy 
Directive" and the need to close the gap between European and US 
policies on consumer privacy. 

EPIC outlined several preliminary recommendations for the rulemaking, 
along with principles for communications privacy. EPIC suggested that 
the FCC apply the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to communications 
data. Grounded in the Fair Information Practices, the bill grants 
consumer rights and places obligations on private companies collecting 
consumer information. EPIC urged the Commission to adopt data 
minimization requirements that oblige companies to collect only the 
data needed for the purpose at hand, and to safely dispose of that data 
once it is no longer needed for that purpose. 

EPIC further recommended that the FCC's rulemaking should promote 
genuine Privacy Enhancing Technologies, such as "Do Not Track," that 
limit or eliminate the collection of Personally Identifiable 
Information; urged the agency to require Internet service providers to 
obtain opt-in consent for the use or disclosure of consumer data; and 
suggested that the FCC model communications privacy rules on the Code 
of Fair Information Practices for the National Information 
Infrastructure, a framework of technology-neutral communication privacy 
principles. 

EPIC has worked with the FCC to promote consumer communications 
privacy for more than 20 years. EPIC has filed numerous comments with 
the FCC on telephone record and communications privacy, and, in 2008, 
helped defend the FCC's opt-in privacy rule for telephone records in 
NCTA v. FCC. 


EPIC:  Letter to FCC on Communications Privacy (Jan. 20, 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-fcc-communications-privacy.html

EPIC:  CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information)
    https://epic.org/privacy/cpni/ 

European Commission:  ePrivacy Directive (Oct. 6, 2015)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-eu-eprivacy.html 

EPIC:  Fair Information Practices
    https://epic.org/privacy/consumer/code_fair_info.html

EPIC:  Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
    https://epic.org/privacy/white_house_consumer_privacy_.html 

EPIC: Petition to FCC to Repeal 47 C.F.R.  42.6 (Aug. 4, 2015)
    https://epic.org/privacy/fcc-data-retention-petition.pdf 

EPIC:  Privacy Guidelines for the National Information Infrastructure
    https://epic.org/privacy/internet/EPIC_NII_privacy.txt 

EPIC:  Comments to FCC on National Broadband Service (Jun. 8, 2009)
    https://epic.org/privacy/pdf/fcc_broadband_6-8-09.pdf 

EPIC:  NCTA v. FCC
    https://epic.org/privacy/nctafcc/ 

EPIC: Testimony before US House on Communications Privacy (Mar. 1998)
    https://epic.org/privacy/internet/rotenberg-testimony-398.html

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[6] News in Brief
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EPIC Urges Court to Uphold Fourth Amendment Safeguards for Police Stops 

EPIC has filed an amicus brief in Utah v. Strieff, a US Supreme Court 
case about whether the Fourth Amendment allows evidence to be admitted 
after an illegal stop. Mr. Strieff was unlawfully detained by an 
officer, who checked his ID and then arrested him on an unrelated 
outstanding warrant. In the brief, signed by 21 technical experts and 
legal scholars, EPIC detailed a number of sweeping government databases 
that contain detailed but inaccurate records about Americans' 
noncriminal activity. EPIC argued that "a diminished Fourth Amendment 
standard coupled with a weakened Privacy Act is truly a recipe for a 
loss of liberty in America." EPIC previously argued against compelled 
identification during police stops in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District
and Tolentino v. New York.

EPIC:  Amicus Brief in Utah v. Strieff (Jan. 29, 2016)
    http://epic.org/amicus/strieff/EPIC-Amicus.pdf 

EPIC:  Utah v. Strieff
    https://epic.org/amicus/strieff/

SCOTUSBlog:  Utah v. Strieff (Jan. 16, 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-scotus-utah-strieff.html 

EPIC:  Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
    https://epic.org/privacy/hiibel/

EPIC:  Tolentino v. New York
    https://www.epic.org/amicus/tolentino/



EPIC Celebrates International Privacy Day

EPIC celebrated International Privacy Day January 28, an annual event 
commemorating the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first binding 
international treaty for privacy and data protection. EPIC and other 
consumer organizations have called on the United States to ratify 
Convention 108. NGOs and privacy experts have also expressed support 
for the 2009 Madrid Declaration, a substantial document that reaffirms 
international instruments for privacy protection, identifies new 
challenges and calls for concrete actions.


International Privacy Day
    https://www.facebook.com/International-Privacy-Day-264341804606/

EPIC:  Council of Europe Privacy Convention
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/coeconvention/

JD Supra Business Advisor:  "EPIC's Rotenberg Repeats Call for US to 
Ratify International Privacy Convention" (Jan. 31, 2011)
    http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/epics-rotenberg-repeats-call-for-
    us-to-92625/

TACD:  "Consumer Privacy Rights" (May 2012)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-tacd-consumer-privacy.html

The Public Voice
    http://thepublicvoice.org/

The Public Voice:  Madrid Declaration (Nov. 2009)
    http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/
    
    
    
Schrems Responds to US Lobby Groups on Safe Harbor

In a brief but clearly argued letter to European data protection 
authorities, Max Schrems writes that "attempts by lobby groups and the 
US government to 'reinterpret' or 'overturn the clear judgement of the 
Union's highest court are fundamentally flawed." Schrems brought the 
successful case to the European Court of Justice that struck down the 
Safe Harbor arrangement. The Schrems letter, released on International 
Data Protection Day, January 28, also states that a new transfer 
agreement must provide "protection against government surveillance and 
"essentially equivalent" protection against the commercial use of data 
by certified companies." Max Schrems received the 2013 EPIC 
International Champion of Freedom Award.


EPIC:  Letter from Max Schrems to EU DP Authorities (Jan. 28, 2016)
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/ART29_Letter_SH.pdf
    
EPIC:  Article 29 Working Party
    https://epic.org/privacy/art29wp/
    
EPIC:  Max Schrems v Irish Data Protection Commissioner (Safe Harbor)
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/schrems/
    
EU:  Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-eu-court-justice.html
    
EPIC:  "EPIC Gives 2013 Privacy Champion Award to Austrian Privacy 
Advocate" (Jan. 24, 2013)
    https://epic.org/2013/01/epic-gives-2013-privacy-champi.html
    
    
    
'Clock is ticking' on Safe Harbor, says European Consumer Organization

BEUC, the consumer organization of the European Union, has urged 
European policy makers to accept a revised Safe Harbor arrangement only 
if it complies with the Schrems decision and "guarantees that EU 
citizens' fundamental rights are upheld when their data is exported to 
the United States." In 2015, 40 consumer privacy organizations in 
Europe and the US urged US Secretary Pritzker and EU Commissioner 
Jourova to take specific steps to close the widening EU-US data 
divide. Secretary Pritzker has been unwilling to meet with consumer 
organizations.


BEUC
    http://www.beuc.eu/
  
EPIC:  BEUC Press Release on Safe Harbor (Jan. 29, 2016)
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/BEUC-Safe-Harbor-negotiations.pdf
    
EPIC:  Max Schrems v Irish Data Protection Commissioner (Safe Harbor)
    https://epic.org/privacy/intl/schrems/
    
The Public Voice:  Coalition Letter re: Safe Harbor (Nov. 13, 2015)
    http://thepublicvoice.org/EU-US-NGO-letter-Safe-Harbor-11-15.pdf



Supreme Court Rules Settlement Offers Can't Moot Consumer Class Actions

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a company cannot terminate class 
action litigation by strategically making a settlement offer of full 
relief to individual plaintiffs. The case, Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 
involved a consumer who refused to drop his Telephone Consumer 
Protection Act lawsuit in exchange for such an offer. The defendant 
company argued that the offer, which exceeded the statutory damages 
under the TCPA, mooted his case. The Justices disagreed, ruling 6-3 
that "an unaccepted settlement offer has no force. Like other 
unaccepted contract offers, it creates no lasting right or obligation." 
EPIC routinely works to protect consumer privacy interests in class 
action settlements.


Supreme Court:  Decision in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez (Jan 20, 2016)
    http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-857_8njq.pdf

SCOTUSBlog:  Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez (Jan. 20, 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-scotus-ewald-gomez.html 

EPIC:  Telemarketing and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
    https://epic.org/privacy/telemarketing/

EPIC:  Letter to Judge re: Fraley v. Facebook (Jul. 12, 2012)
    https://epic.org/privacy/facebook/EPIC-Ltr-Koh-Fraley%207-12-12.pdf

EPIC:  Letter to FTC re: Google Referrer Header (Jul. 31, 2014)
    https://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/FTC-Gaos-7-14.pdf

EPIC et al.:  Letter re: In re Google Referrer Header (Aug. 22, 2013)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-google-referrer-header.html 


    
Pew Survey: Americans Unhappy How Personal Data is Used by Companies

According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, Americans are 
cautious about disclosing personal data in commercial settings. They 
are also frequently unhappy with how companies use their data 
afterwards. For example, 55% of adults surveyed said it would be 
unacceptable for a "smart thermostat" to track their movements around 
their home in exchange for a discount on their energy bill. A majority 
of respondents also stated it would be unacceptable for a car-insurance 
company to monitor a driver's speed and location in exchange for safe 
driving discounts. In 2015, EPIC urged the Federal Trade Commission to 
investigate Google's acquisition of Nest Themostat and has a complaint 
pending before the FTC regarding "always on" devices.


Pew:  Report on "Privacy and Information Sharing" (Jan 14, 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-pew-information-sharing.html 

Pew Research Center
    http://www.pewinternet.org/

EPIC:  Public Opinion on Privacy
    https://epic.org/privacy/survey/

EPIC/DCC:  Letter to FTC re: WhatsApp/Nest Thermostat (Mar. 21, 2014)
    https://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/whatsapp/WhatsApp-Nest-Supp.pdf

USA Today:  "Steer Clear of Cars That Spy," by EPIC President Marc 
Rotenberg (Aug. 18, 2011)
    http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-08-18-
    car-insurance-monitors-driving-snapshot_n.htm

EPIC:  Letter to DOJ/FTC re: "Always On" Devices (Jul. 10, 2015)
    https://epic.org/redirect/071515-epic-always-on.html

    
    
US Law Firm Argues US, EU Privacy Laws 'Essentially Equivalent'

A recent report from a US law firm concludes that the United States 
offers essentially equivalent privacy protection to Europe. The report 
also finds that "This body of laws ensures that government access to 
data for law-enforcement and intelligence purposes is limited to what 
is necessary and proportionate." However, all travel records of 
Europeans are routinely transferred to the US Department of Homeland 
Security without any legal protection, and under Section 702 of the 
Patriot Act, the US government routinely obtains vast amounts of 
personal data on non-US persons, including communications logs and 
website activity. Executive Order 12333 provides even broader 
surveillance authorities.


Sidley Austin LLP:  "Essentially Equivalent" (Jan. 2016)
    https://epic.org/redirect/012816-essentially-equivalent.html

EPIC:  Executive Order 12333
    https://epic.org/privacy/surveillance/12333/

EPIC:  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reform
    https://epic.org/privacy/surveillance/fisa/reform/

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[7] EPIC in the News
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"Battle over spying versus legitimate data transfer heats up in 
Congress." The Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 28, 2016.
    http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/0128/Battle-over-
    spying-versus-legitimate-data-transfer-heats-up-in-Congress

"Two Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of the FCC's July 10th Omnibus 
Ruling." Lexology, Jan. 27, 2016.
    http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=74f348ed-7e2e-49d8-
    bc86-108b32cbed9d
    
"Donnes personnelles : le projet 'Safe Harbor 2' dans l'impasse."
Le Monde, Jan. 27, 2016.
    http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/01/27/donnees-
    personnelles-le-projet-safe-harbor-2-dans-l-impasse_
    4854725_4408996.html#4rubdpGiSLFUK0SP.99

"FCC Telemarketing Rule To Stem Flood Of Calls, DC Circ. Told."
Law360, Jan. 25, 2015.
    http://www.law360.com/articles/750237/fcc-telemarketing-rule-to-
    stem-flood-of-calls-dc-circ-told
    
"You're Going to Need an Ad Blocker for Your Next TV." Motherboard,
Jan. 21, 2016.
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/youre-going-to-need-an-ad-blocker-
    for-your-next-tv
    
"EU regulators could freeze data transfers with US." The Hill, 
Jan. 21, 2016.
    http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/266572-eu-regulators-could-
    freeze-safe-harbor-alternatives
    
"Nielsen will monitor Facebook to measure buzz about TV programs."
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 20, 2016.
    http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-nielsen-facebook-
    20160121-story.html

"EU-US Safe Harbor: Judicial Redress Act Vote Delayed." Forbes,
Jan. 20, 2016.
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisabrownlee/2016/01/20/eu-us-safe-
    harbor-judicial-redress-act-vote-delayed/#782677e71412
    
"Consumer groups urge FCC to establish online privacy rules."
Silicon Beat, Jan 20, 2016.
    http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/01/20/consumer-groups-urge-fcc-to-
    establish-online-privacy-rules/
    
"Consumer groups want FCC to curb targeted ads." Consumer Affairs,
Jan. 20, 2016.
    https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/consumer-groups-want-fcc-to-
    curb-targeted-ads-012016.html
    
"Internet providers want to know more about you than Google does, 
privacy groups say." The Washington Post, Jan. 20, 2016.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/01/20/
    your-internet-provider-is-turning-into-a-data-hungry-tech-
    company-consumer-groups-warn/
    
"Broadband CPNI Could Be New Privacy Battleground." Broadcasting
& Cable, Jan. 20, 2016.
    http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/broadband-cpni-
    could-be-new-privacy-battleground/147108

     
For More EPIC in the News:  http://epic.org/news/epic_in_news.html

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[8] EPIC Bookstore
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"Privacy Law and Society, 3rd Edition," by Anita Allen, JD, PhD and 
Marc Rotenberg, JD, LLM. West Academic (Dec.2015).

http://www.privacylawandsociety.org/

The Third Edition of "Privacy Law and Society" is the most comprehensive 
casebook on privacy law ever produced. It traces the development of 
modern privacy law, from the early tort cases to present day disputes 
over drone surveillance and facial recognition. The text examines the 
philosophical roots of privacy claims and the significant court cases 
and statues that have emerged. The text provides detailed commentary on 
leading cases and insight into emerging issues. The text includes new 
material on developments in the European Union, decisions grounded in 
fundamental rights jurisprudence, and exposes readers to current 
debates over cloud computing, online profiling, and the role of the 
Federal Trade Commission. Privacy Law and Society is the leading and 
most current text in the privacy field.

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"Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions," edited by
Marc Rotenberg, Julia Horwitz and Jeramie Scott. The New Press 
(May 2015). Price: $25.95.

http://epic.org/buy-privacy-modern-age

The threats to privacy are well known: The National Security Agency 
tracks our phone calls; Google records where we go online and how we 
set our thermostats; Facebook changes our privacy settings when it 
wishes; Target gets hacked and loses control of our credit card 
information; our medical records are available for sale to strangers; 
our children are fingerprinted and their every test score saved for 
posterity; and small robots patrol our schoolyards while drones may 
soon fill our skies.

The contributors to this anthology don't simply describe these problems 
or warn about the loss of privacythey propose solutions. They look 
closely at business practices, public policy, and technology design 
and ask, "Should this continue? Is there a better approach?" They take 
seriously the dictum of Thomas Edison: "What one creates with his hand, 
he should control with his head." It's a new approach to the privacy 
debate, one that assumes privacy is worth protecting, that there are 
solutions to be found, and that the future is not yet known. This 
volume will be an essential reference for policy makers and 
researchers, journalists and scholars, and others looking for answers 
to one of the biggest challenges of our modern day. The premise is 
clear: There's a problem  let's find a solution.

Contributors include: Steven Aftergood, Ross Anderson, Christine L. 
Borgman (coauthored with Kent Wada and James F. Davis), Ryan Calo, 
Danielle Citron, Simon Davies, A. Michael Froomkin, Deborah Hurley, 
Kristina Irion, Jeff Jonas, Harry Lewis, Anna Lysyanskaya, Gary T. 
Marx, Aleecia M. McDonald, Dr. Pablo G. Molina, Peter G. Neumann, 
Helen Nissenbaum, Frank Pasquale, Dr. Deborah Peel, MD, Stephanie E. 
Perrin, Marc Rotenberg, Pamela Samuelson, Bruce Schneier, and 
Christopher Wolf.

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"Privacy & Human Rights 2006: An International Survey of Privacy Laws
and Developments" (EPIC 2007). Price: $75.

http://www.epic.org/phr06/

This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an
overview of key privacy topics and reviews the state of privacy in over
75 countries around the world. The report outlines legal protections,
new challenges, and important issues and events relating to privacy.
Privacy & Human Rights 2006 is the most comprehensive report on privacy
and data protection ever published.

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"The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on
the Information Society" (EPIC 2004). Price: $40.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pvsourcebook

This resource promotes a dialogue on the issues, the outcomes, and the
process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This
reference guide provides the official UN documents, regional and
issue-oriented perspectives, and recommendations and proposals for
future action, as well as a useful list of resources and contacts for
individuals and organizations that wish to become more involved in the
WSIS process.

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"The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2004: United States Law, International Law,
and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2005). Price:
$40.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2004/

The Privacy Law Sourcebook, which has been called the "Physician's Desk
Reference" of the privacy world, is the leading resource for students,
attorneys, researchers, and journalists interested in pursuing privacy
law in the United States and around the world. It includes the full
texts of major privacy laws and directives such as the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, the Privacy Act, and the OECD Privacy Guidelines, as well
as an up-to-date section on recent developments. New materials include
the APEC Privacy Framework, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, and the
CAN-SPAM Act.

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"Filters and Freedom 2.0: Free Speech Perspectives on Internet Content
Controls" (EPIC 2001). Price: $20.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/filters2.0

A collection of essays, studies, and critiques of Internet content
filtering. These papers are instrumental in explaining why filtering
threatens free expression.

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EPIC publications and other books on privacy, open government, free
expression, and constitutional values can be ordered at:

EPIC Bookstore:  http://www.epic.org/bookstore

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EPIC also publishes EPIC FOIA Notes, which provides brief summaries of
interesting documents obtained from government agencies under the
Freedom of Information Act.

Subscribe to EPIC FOIA Notes at:
http://mailman.epic.org/mailman/listinfo/foia_notes

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[9] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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January 29, 2016.
OECD Expert Briefing: "From Research to the Real World - How 
Governments Can Use What the OECD Produces"
Speaker: Khaliah Barnes, EPIC Associate Director and Director,  
EPIC Student Privacy Project
OECD Washington Center
Washington, DC
http://www.oecd.org/washington/eventsarchive/expertbriefing-research-
realworld.htm

February 2, 2016.
"Right to be Forgotten: Welcome protection for privacy or a threat to 
free speech?"
Speaker: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg 
Columbia University Law School
New York, NY
http://web.law.columbia.edu/kernochan/events/current-events

February 11, 2016.
"Drones, Privacy, and the Role of Law"
Speaker: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg 
UCLA Law School
Los Angeles, CA
https://www.law.ucla.edu/news-and-events/calendar-of-events/

February 25 - February 26, 2016.
"State-of-the-Art Estimation Methods in Federal Statistics"
Speaker: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg 
National Academies of Science
Stanford Law School
Palo Alto, CA
https://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49725

April 20 - April 21, 2016.
34th Social Science Research Conference: "The Invasive Other"
Speaker: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg 
The New School
New York, NY
http://events.newschool.edu/event/the_invasive_other_-_34th_social_
research_conference_-_day_1#.VquI_VMrKIZ

June 6, 2016. 
EPIC 2016 Champions of Freedom Awards Event. 
Washington, DC
 
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Your contributions help support Freedom of Information Act litigation, 
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