Posts by Calli Schroeder

  • EPIC Comments on UK ICO Draft Guidance on Automated Decision-Making

    June 2, 2026

    We ask the ICO what is an acceptable margin of error for life-changing decisions made by machines about individuals?

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC, U.S. Civil Society Groups, Call on EU Leaders to Stand Up for Digital Rights

    April 16, 2026

    "Privacy is a fundamental human right and the U.S. government's failure to protect that right cannot and should not result in the rest of the world lowering their own standards." Calli Schroeder, EPIC Senior Counsel.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • White House AI Framework Protects AI Companies, Not People

    March 20, 2026

    The White House’s framework would promote corporate interests over the public interest. It is light on protection and heavy on promotion of dangerous AI systems. The American people deserve better, and Congress should do better than this.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Children's Privacy

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates

  • EPIC Testifies in Support of Colorado Bill on Surveillance Pricing and Wages

    March 16, 2026

    EPIC Senior Counsel Calli Schroeder testified Thursday before the Colorado House Business & Labor Committee in support of a bill that would protect Coloradans from algorithms exploiting their personal data to set individual prices on goods and services or wage amounts.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges the OSTP to Focus on AI Protections, Not Deregulation

    October 28, 2025

    EPIC submitted a comment responding to the Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Request for Information, calling on the OSTP to withdraw its inquiry and refocus on its mission of protecting the American people from technology harms.

    • AI in Law Enforcement

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Privacy Laws

    • Proposed U.S. Legislation

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

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

    June 4, 2025

    It’s been seven years since the GDPR came into force, enshrining privacy rights for EU residents and changing the global privacy landscape. Throughout its history, the GDPR has been both lauded and criticized. It has inspired privacy regulations throughout the world and changed the way international companies do business, sometimes to their chagrin. With a seven-year view, we want to look back on the history and application of the GDPR and look forward to its legacy and ongoing challenges. Let’s dive in.

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Analysis

  • Scraping for Me, Not for Thee: Large Language Models, Web Data, and Privacy-Problematic Paradigms

    February 27, 2025

    More than just hypocrisy (though that as well), the supposed reaction to DeepSeek’s model speaks to a troubling AI company argument—one that positions mass web scraping and large-scale data ingestion, sans consent, as a necessity, and an act in which only the companies themselves are entitled to partake.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Security

    • Government AI Use

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Web Scraping

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Condemns Removal of AI Executive Order Safeguards

    January 31, 2025

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates

  • EPIC Awards the Tire Meu Rosto da Sua Mira Campaign as EPIC International Privacy Champions

    May 29, 2024

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy & Racial Justice

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • Senate AI Roadmap Fails to Recognize or Address AI Harms

    May 15, 2024

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Privacy Laws

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Web Scraping

    • Updates