Updates
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EPIC Seeks CISA Report on Threat of SS7 Surveillance
Following up on a letter from Sen. Wyden to Pres. Biden, on March 12 EPIC submitted a FOIA request to DHS for an unclassified, unpublished 2022 CISA report on the threat of SS7 surveillance and securing America's communications networks.
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Communications Privacy
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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 Urges UK Department for Education to Consider Privacy and Safety of Transgender Children in New Guidance
On March 12, EPIC submitted comments to the UK Department for Education regarding its draft consultation on gender questioning kids. The Draft Consultation is meant to guide schools and colleges in England on policies regarding requests by transgender children to socially transition, such as name and pronoun changes.
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Data Protection
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International Privacy
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Student Privacy
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Updates
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EPIC Applauds FTC’s Modernization of COPPA Rule, Recommends Improvements to Curb Behavioral Advertising and Protect Privacy for Children Online
In comments filed yesterday with the FTC, EPIC applauded the Commission’s efforts to modernize the COPPA Rule and introduced several recommendations to improve the efficacy of the proposed changes to the Rule.
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Updates
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FTC Adopts Recommendation by EPIC & NCLC-Led Coalition to Ensure Sellers Don’t Evade Recordkeeping Responsibilities
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Updates
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House Committee Approves Bill Restricting Sales of Sensitive Data to Foreign Adversaries
Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee approved H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC’s Jake Wiener to Testify on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland
EPIC counsel Jake Wiener will testify in Maryland in support of a bill enacting strong privacy protections for automated ticketing systems.
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Emphasizes That FCC Pilot Program Protect Student Privacy, Not Just School Cybersecurity
The E-Rate program uses discounted pricing to facilitate schools and libraries providing free internet access to their students and patrons.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Student Privacy
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Updates
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EPIC Joins NCLC Coalition Comments to FCC on Scam Texts
The coalition urged the FCC to create meaningful financial incentives that motivate text platforms to curtail transmitting scam texts and to encourage legitimate mass texters such as banks to insist that their mass text service providers not transmit scam texts.
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Updates
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EPIC Urges CISA to Incorporate Data Minimization Into Secure by Design Guide
EPIC also encouraged CISA to consider the broader impact of its white paper on improved cybersecurity outcomes by examining what widespread implementation of its recommendations might enable through litigation and other regulatory actions.
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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Updates
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EPIC Comments on Proposed FTC Order that Prohibits Data Aggregator from Selling Location Data
EPIC filed comments this week in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed consent order with location data aggregator InMarket LLC, which used consumers’ location data to create and maintain consumer profiles to targeted advertising.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Updates
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