Data Minimization

Vermont Senate Passes Age-Appropriate Design Code

March 14, 2025

Yesterday the Vermont Senate passed Senate Bill 69, the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code (Vermont AADC), on a bipartisan 25-5 vote. Last month EPIC testified in support of the bill and submitted additional written testimony.
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Social Media Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Strong Privacy Bill in Vermont

March 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Testimony on Vermont S. 71, An act relating to consumer data privacy and online surveillance

March 13, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Testimony
(Maryland) H.B. 1365: Amending the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act

March 5, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Testimony
Scraping for Me, Not for Thee: Large Language Models, Web Data, and Privacy-Problematic Paradigms

February 27, 2025

More than just hypocrisy (though that as well), the supposed reaction to DeepSeek’s model speaks to a troubling AI company argument—one that positions mass web scraping and large-scale data ingestion, sans consent, as a necessity, and an act in which only the companies themselves are entitled to partake.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Government AI Use
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Social Media Privacy
- Web Scraping
- Analysis
EPIC Testifies in Support of Updates to Connecticut Data Privacy Act

February 26, 2025

EPIC Deputy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified before the Connecticut Joint Committee on General Laws today in support of updates to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, SB 1356.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
The Record: New Google ad tracking policy a ‘Pandora’s box’ for privacy, experts warn

February 20, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- News
EPIC Commends CPPA on Strong Proposed Regulations on Cybersecurity, Risk Assessments, and ADMT

February 20, 2025

The comments commend the Agency for taking steps to protect consumers' privacy and suggest several ways to strengthen the regulations.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Comments to the CPPA on Proposed Regulations Regarding Cybersecurity, Risk Assessments, and ADMTs

February 20, 2025

We commend the Agency for taking steps to protect consumers from the significant privacy harms caused by the use of automated decisionmaking technologies and the processing of personal data without adequate assessment and mitigation of the resulting privacy and security risks.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Comments
EPIC Testifies in Support of Vermont Age Appropriate Design Code

February 19, 2025
- Age Assurance
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates