International Privacy Laws

  • EPIC Awards the Tire Meu Rosto da Sua Mira Campaign as EPIC International Privacy Champions

    May 29, 2024

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy & Racial Justice

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • The Drum: New EU probe into Meta’s ‘addictive’ features & age verification may put brands on edge 

    May 16, 2024

    • Consumer Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Social Media Privacy

    • News

  • Generating Harms

    May 14, 2024

    • Access to Information

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Big Data

    • 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 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

  • EPIC Urges UK ICO to Prohibit “Consent or Pay” Business Models

    April 22, 2024

    On April 17, EPIC submitted comments to the UK ICO on its call for views relating to “Consent or Pay” business models. In its comments, EPIC urged the ICO to prohibit the use of the facially illegal business model due to the clear violation of the UK GDPR’s definition of consent.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Comments to UK ICO Call for Views on “Consent or Pay” Business Models

    April 22, 2024

    By notice published March 6, 2024, the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“UK ICO” or “the ICO”) has called for views regarding “consent or pay” business models (hereinafter “the Consultation”) to close on April 17, 2024.[1] This Consultation is intended to address an emerging business model where individuals are blocked from accessing a website unless they consent to their personal information being processed for the purpose of targeted advertising, or, as the ICO puts it, “pay a fee and not be tracked.”

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Web Scraping

    • Comments

  • Summary: What does the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act Actually Say?

    February 23, 2024

    Covering everything from ChatGPT to the systems used to build freight truck cabins, the European Union’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act” or “the Act”) is a piece of tech legislation rivaled only in scope by the GDPR. The sweeping harms-based structure categorizes artificial intelligence systems by preconceived risks to fundamental rights, public safety, and public health (prohibited, high-risk, and low or no-risk systems).

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Analysis

  • Reuters: EU privacy watchdogs urged to oppose Meta’s paid ad-free service 

    February 16, 2024

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • News

  • TechCrunch: European digital rights groups say the future of online privacy is on a knife edge 

    February 16, 2024

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • News

  • Thomson Reuters: Know your AI: Compliance and regulatory considerations for financial services 

    December 19, 2023

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • News

  • EU Lawmakers Clinch Deal on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Legislation

    December 11, 2023

    Late Friday night, EU policymakers reached a political agreement on the final terms of the Artificial Intelligence Act.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Updates