Competition and Privacy

FCC Advances Net Neutrality Rulemaking, Raising Prospect of Stricter Privacy Rules for ISPs

The Federal Communications Commissions voted to move forward with its open internet protections rulemaking, a measure similar to the net neutrality rule adopted by the FCC in 2015 but later repealed during the Trump administration.

• Communications Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC Again Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Companies Using Government Agencies for Endorsements

EPIC filed comments to the FTC on public sector endorsements of surveillance technology products.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Updates

EPIC Comment FTC Proposed Rule on Consumer Reviews and Endorsements

Comments of EPIC to the FTC explaining why a rule governing consumer endorsements needs to include public sector endorses like police agencies to prevent bad actor companies laundering misleading claims through trusted public entities.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• APA Comments

Google Ad Topics: Another Cog in the Surveillance Advertising Machine

After falling behind its competitors and facing criticism for previous plans to phase out third-party cookies, Google now touts Ad Topics for its benefits to user privacy and transparency. But Google’s new tool is far from a perfect solution to the harms of surveillance advertising.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Analysis

EPIC Urges DOJ, FTC to Consider Data Protection and Consumer Privacy in Merger Guidelines

Mergers frequently involve the consolidation of data sets, which as EPIC explained “can entrench a firm’s dominant market position, raise barriers to entry for new and smaller firms, and exacerbate the effects of harmful consumer data practices.”

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Updates

New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms 

EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Big Data

• Commercial AI Use

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Online Harassment

• Privacy & Racial Justice

• Updates

EPIC Comments on FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Use of Reviews and Endorsements

• Big Data

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

FTC Investigation Into Amazon Prime Dark Patterns Intensifies

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

European Parliament Adopts DSA, DMA

• Access to Information

• Big Data

• Children's Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Joins Call For Congress to Boost FTC Funding

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Updates