Data Minimization

The Verge: WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever

June 17, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
POLITICO: Alleged shooter found Minnesota lawmakers’ addresses online, court docs say

June 16, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- News
The Washington Post: Meta AI users confide on sex, God and Trump. Some don’t know it’s public.

June 13, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Encryption
- News
EPIC Applauds Vermont Governor Phil Scott for Signing Age-Appropriate Design Code into Law

June 12, 2025

This afternoon, Governor Phil Scott signed the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) into law. The Vermont AADC protects kids’ privacy, enhances kids’ autonomy, and ensures their online safety by prohibiting abusive data and design practices. The law will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Social Media Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Commends Oregon for Enacting Heightened Protections for Location, Minors’ Data

June 4, 2025

Yesterday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed H.B. 2008, a bill that amends the Oregon Data Privacy Law to ban the sale of precise geolocation data and the data of minors under 16.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
The Seven Year Itch: On the GDPR’s Anniversary, A Look At Its History, Legacy, and Uncertain Future

June 4, 2025
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws
- Analysis
EPIC Urges the CPPA to Reinstate Strong Consumer Protections in Cybersecurity, Risk Assessments, and ADMT Rulemaking

June 3, 2025

EPIC submitted comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) urging the Agency to restore earlier drafts of the regulations that were more privacy protective rather than adopting the current draft, which has been significantly weakened.
- AI Policy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Updates
Bankrate: Telematics insurance facing new heat over privacy concerns

May 27, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- News
CFO Dive: Regeneron agrees to purchase bankrupt 23andMe, protect data

May 19, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- News
POLITICO: Trump’s U-turn on data privacy

May 19, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- News