Communications Privacy

Senate Confirms Anna Gomez to FCC

The U.S. Senate confirmed Anna Gomez to the Federal Communications Commission, ending an unprecedented two-and-a-half years without a full FCC.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Prevent AI Misuse of Video Conferencing Data From Callers with Disabilities

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Updates

In re: Access to Video Conferencing

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• APA Comments

EPIC Urges FCC to Safeguard Next Generation 911 Data

On August 9, EPIC urged the Federal Communications Commission to prioritize privacy and cybersecurity in its rulemaking on deploying Next Generation 911 technologies.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Updates

In re: Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911)   

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

EPIC and NCL Urge Ninth Circuit to Hold Telecoms Accountable for Weak Security Allowing SIM Swap Fraud

In an amicus brief, EPIC and the National Consumers League (NCL) urged the Ninth Circuit to hold carriers liable when they fail to sufficiently protect consumers from SIM swap attacks, which can allow a fraudster to wipe out a person's entire life savings.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

The Daily Beast: Stop the Post Office From Spying on Us

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Open Government

• Social Media Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

WBUR: What to know about the proposed law that would ban sales of cell phone location data in Mass.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• News

European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

The European Commission has formally adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the Framework). U.S. and EU authorities developed the Framework to replace Privacy Shield, a data transfer framework which was deemed non-compliant with the GDPR in the Schrems II case.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules to Protect Social Media Users’ Communications

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement cannot do an end run around the Wiretap Act when they want to force social media companies to provide users' communications for a period of time.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates