U.S. State Privacy Laws

EPIC Joins Over 140 Organizations in Opposing Ban on State AI Regulation

May 21, 2025
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Asks Third Circuit to Recognize that Not All Data Protection Laws are Unconstitutional

May 21, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Privacy Laws
- The First Amendment
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Atlas Data Privacy Corp., et al. v. We Inform LLC, et al.

May 20, 2025

Whether privacy laws violate the First Amendment?
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Privacy Laws
- The First Amendment
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Amicus Briefs
Massachusetts Senate Committee Approves Robust Comprehensive Privacy Law

May 14, 2025

The Senate members of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybsecurity, and the Internet have given a favorable report to a redrafted version of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act ("MDPA"). If enacted, MDPA would be the strongest state privacy law in the nation.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Statement on House Proposal to Ban States from Regulating AI

May 12, 2025
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Statements
EPIC Opposes House Proposal to Ban States from Regulating AI

May 12, 2025

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s budget reconciliation text includes dangerous provisions on artificial intelligence that would allocate $500 million to federal government spending on AI and preempt state AI legislation for the next 10 years.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Oregon Bill Banning Sale of Location Data

May 8, 2025

EPIC Deputy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified before the Oregon Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of HB2008, which would update the Oregon Data Privacy Law to ban the sale of precise geolocation data and the data of minors.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
CalMatters: California regulator weakens AI rules, giving Big Tech more leeway to track you

May 7, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Social Media Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- News
(Oregon) Testimony in favor of H2008, ban on sale of precise location data and minors’ data

May 7, 2025
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Testimony
EPIC Testifies in Support of Strong Privacy Bill in Maine

May 7, 2025

EPIC's testimony also opposed three bills that would not adequately protect Mainers' privacy.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates