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FTC Announces $25 Million Fine Against Amazon for Kids Privacy Violations
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced a major enforcement action against Amazon, moving to fine the tech and retail giant $25 million and requiring updated data deletion practices.
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Big Data
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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FTC Finds Amazon Ring Cameras Responsible for “Egregious Violations of Users’ Privacy,” Requires Data Deletion
An FTC order found that Amazon had allowed employees access to sensitive videos from indoor Ring cameras and failed to implement cybersecurity practices to prevent known breaches.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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Updates
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EPIC, Coalition of Civil Liberties Groups Launch New Website on FISA Reform
EPIC and a bipartisan coalition of civil liberties organizations — Americans for Prosperity, the Center for Democracy and Technology, Demand Progress, Due Process Institute, Free Press Action, FreedomWorks, the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Restore the Fourth, and Wikimedia Foundation — have launched a new website on the need for significant reform to the government surveillance ecosystem as part of any reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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FISA Section 702
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Awards Johnny Ryan, Beeban Kidron as EPIC International Privacy Champions
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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International Privacy
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Updates
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Ireland Fines Meta €1.2 Billion, Orders Halt of Personal Data Transfers to U.S.
ompany to suspend transfers of personal data to the United States within five months, finding that Meta’s transfers violation the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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FISA Section 702
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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Anna Gomez Nominated to Federal Communications Commission
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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Proposed U.S. Legislation
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Updates
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New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms
EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Big Data
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Commercial AI Use
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Competition and Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Online Harassment
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Privacy & Racial Justice
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Updates
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