IAPP: Conflicts over access to Americans’ personal data emerging across federal government 

The order was slammed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which said those agencies would not be able to do their work without the risk of interference by the White House. It compared the move to Trump’s firings of Democratic appointees of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and reducing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s oversight actions. 

“For more than a century, independent agencies have served the American people by interpreting and enforcing essential consumer protection standards,” EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler said. “These agencies are responsible for ensuring that our most sensitive data is secured and not abused. We all lose if these independent regulators lose their protection from political machinations.” 

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