Press Releases

EPIC Deputy Director Tells Congress the SECURE Data Act is a Disaster for Americans 

June 3, 2026

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Surveillance Pricing

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Releases New Report on Manipulative Design Patterns in Opt-Out Processes

May 20, 2026

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Statement on Oral Argument in Consequential Geofencing Case before the Supreme Court

April 27, 2026

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

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PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Prioritize Consumers in Video Privacy Protection Act Case 

April 24, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

EPIC’s statement on the House GOP SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act

April 22, 2026

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and civil rights groups sue Alaska Division of Elections for sharing unredacted voter registration list

April 22, 2026

• Data Security

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Election Security

• Privacy Laws

• Voter Privacy

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Publishes Model Bill to Protect Minors from Online Harms and Promote Safer Platform Design

February 5, 2026

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published a Model Age-Appropriate Design Code bill that establishes strong privacy and online safety protections for minors.  

• Children's Privacy

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Social Media Privacy

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PRESS RELEASE: Broad, Diverse Coalition Backs New People-First Model Chatbot Bill

January 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. — The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Fairplay released the People-First Model Chatbot Bill

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Chatbots

• Children's Privacy

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Welcomes Three Distinguished Members to its Board of Directors

January 2, 2026

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Publishes New Report Sounding the Alarm on Spyware, Highly Intrusive Phone Surveillance Technology  

November 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published The Fight to Protect Our Phones: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Spyware Reform, a report authored by EPIC Counsel Maria Villegas Bravo and EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler.  

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

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