Updates

  • FTC Finalizes Settlement with Illuminate Education, Heeding EPIC’s Call to Strengthen Data Minimization Requirements

    June 9, 2026

    On Friday the FTC finalized a revised consent order with Illuminate Education that incorporates many of EPIC’s recommendations to strengthen the data minimization section of the order.

    • Children's Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • Connecticut Is Second State to Enact Surveillance Pricing Ban

    June 4, 2026

    Today, June 4, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a surveillance pricing ban into law, making Connecticut the second state after Maryland to pass a law prohibiting businesses from using shoppers’ personal data to set individualized prices. Surveillance pricing is an unfair practice that hurts affordability, contributes to privacy harms, takes advantage of consumers at their most vulnerable, and can discriminate against people based on protected characteristics such as race.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • Updates

  • PRESS RELEASE: Massachusetts House Stands Up for Privacy Rights, Passes Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act

    June 4, 2026

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • New York Becomes Third State to Pass Surveillance Pricing Ban

    June 4, 2026

    The New York Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act on Thursday, making it the third state to pass a surveillance pricing ban after Maryland and Connecticut. The bill will soon advance to the desk of Gov. Kathy Hochul, and EPIC urges her to sign this important legislation.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • Colorado Governor Vetoes Surveillance Pricing Bill

    June 4, 2026

    On Tuesday, June 2, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed HB 26-1210, a bill that would have protected Coloradans from surveillance pricing and wage setting. EPIC testified in favor of the bill because it would have provided Colorado residents with strong protections from surveillance pricing and wage-setting, where companies charge shoppers different prices for the same goods or pay workers different wages for the same work, all based on their personal data.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • Updates

  • PRESS RELEASE: 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

    • Updates

  • 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, Coalition Urge FISA Section 702 Reform as Deadline Looms

    June 1, 2026

    In a letter sent on Monday, EPIC joined a coalition of civil society organizations calling on Congress to advance real, commonsense reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire next week.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, Says Marketing ChatGPT as Safe Is Dangerous and Deceptive

    June 1, 2026

    On June 1, Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company aggressively marketed ChatGPT as safe even as the chatbot gave users dangerous medical advice, helped users plan multiple killings, and offered instructions to children considering suicide. 

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Chatbots

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Updates

  • Illinois passes Children’s Social Media Safety Act

    June 1, 2026

    The Illinois state legislature voted Monday to pass HB 5511, the Children’s Social Media Safety Act, which regulates harmful platform design like addictive feeds and overnight push notifications.

    • Age Assurance

    • Children's Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

    • Updates