Data Brokers

EPIC Joins Consumer Groups in Urging Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the CFPB

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

Data Minimization: Limiting the Scope of Permissible Data Uses to Protect Consumers

This is the second in a series of blog posts about EPIC’s proposal for a data minimization standard to limit commercial surveillance and protect consumer privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Analysis

Full of Holes: Federal Law Leaves Americans’ Personal Data Exposed

Existing sectoral federal laws leave most of Americans’ personal data exposed. We need comprehensive data protection legislation, robust enforcement, and ample resources to ensure privacy, equality, and security in our online world. 

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

Data Minimization: Centering Reasonable Consumer Expectation in the FTC’s Commercial Surveillance Rulemaking

We face a data privacy crisis in the United States. Unrestricted data collection has eroded consumer privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Analysis

EPIC, Coalition Urge FCC to Provide All Consumers With Robust Protection From Data Breaches

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Location Tracking

• Updates

FCC Approves Robocall and Robotext Rules, Will Consider Resticting Sale of Consumer Contact Info in Further Rulemaking

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC Urges OSTP to Prioritize Privacy-Protective Digital Currency Research

In comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), EPIC urged the agency to prioritize research and development of a token-based intermediated Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), fully anonymous digital cash, and anonymous credentials.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to OSTP on Digital Assets Request for Information

EPIC's comments to the White House OSTP advocating for research into a token-based intermediated central bank digital currency, fully anonymous digital cash, and fully anonymous credentials.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Government Records & Privacy

• Comments

EPIC to House Committee: Notice and Choice Does Not Protect Privacy

In advance of a markup by the House Financial Services Committee, EPIC sent a statement to the Committee regarding the proposed Data Privacy Act of 2023 sponsored by Chairman Patrick McHenry.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Updates

EPIC Statement re: Data Privacy Act of 2023

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Statements