Proposed U.S. Legislation

Anna Gomez Nominated to Federal Communications Commission

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

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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

CyberScoop: Here’s what to expect from lawmakers who will grill TikTok’s CEO on privacy, security and child safety

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• News

IAPP: A view from DC: A recap of the TikTok hearing

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

TikTok is Not the Only Problem

TikTok is just one app in a vast commercial surveillance ecosystem that has been allowed to grow unencumbered over the past two decades due to the lack of a U.S. privacy law. Even if the U.S. bans TikTok, millions of apps would continue to collect the most intimate details about us and profit off of them. The endless web of data brokers who buy and sell data would continue to exist, and foreign adversaries such as China could still obtain Americans’ personal data by simply purchasing it from data brokers on the open market. This is a data privacy crisis with serious national security implications and it is past time for Congress to act.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• Analysis

NBC News: White House backs bipartisan bill that could be used to ban TikTok

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

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• Social Media Privacy

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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

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EPIC Statement re: Data Privacy Act of 2023

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Statements

POLITICO: The raucous battle over Americans’ online privacy is landing on states

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• News

A Proposed Compromise: the State Data Privacy and Protection Act

EPIC has crafted the State Data Privacy and Protection Act to allow state policymakers to take advantage of the bipartisan consensus language in the federal American Data Privacy and Protection Act.

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis