APA Comments

EPIC Comments to NIST on Managing the Risks of Misuse with AI Foundation Models

September 11, 2024

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Web Scraping

• APA Comments

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

Reply in Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things (PSHSB Request for Comment)

September 4, 2024

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Encryption

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

Comments of EPIC to the CFPB On the Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information

August 13, 2024

With this comment, we support the CFPB’s proposals and emphasize the Bureau’s legal authority to promulgate the proposed rules.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• APA Comments

Reply Comments in re: Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018 (2FNPRM)

July 30, 2024

EPIC applauds the Commission’s desire to better support individuals experiencing a mental health crisis by making help easier to reach; however, we urge the Commission to prioritize getting 988 right for the people it is meant to help.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

Reply Comments in re: Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (FNPRM)

June 25, 2024

EPIC, CETA, NNEDV, and Public Knowledge file these reply comments to assist the Commission in prioritizing what it should include in an immediate Report and Order, including making trauma-informed connected car services more accessible to survivors and promoting anti-abusability design for connected cars.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

Comments on FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) Inbound Tech Support Calls NPRM

June 21, 2024

EPIC and NCLC support the FTC requiring inbound tech support calls to comply with the TSR, but urges the Commission to clarify that this includes software and device components, and to consider non-monetary costs to consumers.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Security

• Robocalls

• APA Comments

EPIC Comments to GSA on Login.gov SORN

June 13, 2024

EPIC urged GSA to prioritize privacy and minimize disclosure of SSNs in

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

In re: Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (FNPRM)

May 28, 2024

EPIC and Public Knowledge file these comments to support the FCC's efforts to better protect survivors of domestic violence by reducing the opportunities available to abusers to control, surveil, or revictimize survivors by misusing America’s communications systems.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

Reply Comment in Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things (FNPRM)

May 28, 2024

Although EPIC tentatively supports the FCC’s proposals to require disclosures related to high-risk countries in the Trust Mark label, we urge the Commission to also require disclosures about access to consumer data, including indirect methods of obtaining access to data about Americans.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments