Competition and Privacy

EPIC Joins Public Knowledge in Supporting FCC Rule that Prohibits Digital Discrimination in Broadband Accessibility

July 12, 2024

Public Knowledge, joined by EPIC, in its amicus brief argued that the FCC's mandate to make communications technology available to all Americans dates back to at least the 1930s. The advocacy groups' brief included arguments that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 explicitly included a nondiscrimination provision to further this mandate, that the disparities made clear and made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to the IIJA in which Congress more explicitly compelled the FCC to meet its mandate of universal service for communications technologies.
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
Generating Harms

May 14, 2024
- Access to Information
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- 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 and Reproductive 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
Reply Comments in Implementing the IIJA: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination

April 12, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- APA Comments
Bloomberg Law: Apple Hit Over Privacy as US Tries to Undercut Antitrust Defense

April 8, 2024
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- News
EPIC Joins Public Knowledge,Benton Institute in Supporting FCC Authority to Combat Digital Discrimination and Establish Civil Rights Office

April 2, 2024

On April 1, Public Knowledge, joined by EPIC and the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, filed Reply Comments in support of the FCC's legal authority to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination.
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Updates
CNN: Everything seems more expensive, so why is a big new TV cheaper than ever?

December 16, 2023
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- News
EPIC Commends CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rulemaking

December 1, 2023

EPIC joined Public Citizen and a coalition of civil society organizations this week in expressing support for the goals of the CFPB’s proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule. The rulemaking aims to enhance consumer privacy and data security and promote competition in the financial services industry.
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Updates
FCC Advances Net Neutrality Rulemaking, Raising Prospect of Stricter Privacy Rules for ISPs

October 20, 2023

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

October 4, 2023

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

October 3, 2023

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