News

GT: Hearing Probes Aims, Enforcement of a U.S. Digital Privacy Law

February 18, 2022

The profiles can be targeted with manipulative content — including political misinformation — or for discriminatory means, such as blocking people of particular backgrounds from seeing certain job postings or home listings, said Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). EPIC is a nonprofit research center that describes itself as focused on protecting “privacy, freedom of expression and democratic values in the information age.”

Read more here.

Support Our Work

EPIC's work is funded by the support of individuals like you, who allow us to continue to protect privacy, open government, and democratic values in the information age.

Donate