Big Data

  • EPIC Encourages FinCEN to Center Privacy and Data Security in Consumer Identification Methods

    May 29, 2024

    Yesterday EPIC submitted comments urging the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to require strong privacy and security protections in their Consumer Identification Program (CIP) Rule that governs how banks obtain full Social Security Numbers (SSN) from third-party verifiers when a consumer opens an account or applies for a credit card.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Updates

  • PBS NOVA: Data Privacy Tips from Secrets in Your Data 

    May 29, 2024

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Social Media Privacy

    • News

  • MediaPost: California Assembly Passes Bill Requiring Browser Developers To Offer Opt-Out Tool

    May 24, 2024

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Web Scraping

    • News

  • Senate AI Roadmap Fails to Recognize or Address AI Harms

    May 15, 2024

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Government AI Use

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Web Scraping

    • Updates

  • Generating Harms

    May 14, 2024

    • Access to Information

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Big Data

    • Children's Privacy

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Communications Privacy

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Election Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Health Privacy

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Online Harassment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Proposed U.S. Legislation

    • Robocalls

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Web Scraping

    • Workplace Privacy

  • EPIC Urges UK ICO to Prohibit “Consent or Pay” Business Models

    April 22, 2024

    On April 17, EPIC submitted comments to the UK ICO on its call for views relating to “Consent or Pay” business models. In its comments, EPIC urged the ICO to prohibit the use of the facially illegal business model due to the clear violation of the UK GDPR’s definition of consent.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • Rutland Herald: Editorial: Big data 

    March 27, 2024

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • News

  • EPIC Urges Ninth Circuit to Rebuff Google’s “Notice and Choice” Defense in Browser Tracking Suit

    December 23, 2023

    Yesterday, EPIC filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court ruling that Google was not liable for tracking Chrome users’ browsing data. EPIC argued that Google’s general terms of service disclaimers cannot override specific privacy promises made to Chrome users.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Updates

  • Calhoun, et al. v. Google

    December 23, 2023

    EPIC’s brief supports the Plaintiffs’ arguments that a jury could find that a reasonable user understood Google’s specific heightened privacy promises contained in the Chrome Privacy Notice to mean that Google would not collect the information it expressly promised not to and therefore that Google did not establish the affirmative defense of consent.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs

  • CNN: Everything seems more expensive, so why is a big new TV cheaper than ever? 

    December 16, 2023

    • Big Data

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • News