U.S. Privacy Laws

Congress Has a Critical Opportunity to Protect Americans by Passing the Government Surveillance Reform Act

Today, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Lee (R-UT), as well as Representatives Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), a sweeping bipartisan, bicameral bill that would rein in the growing ecosystem of warrantless government surveillance authorities as part of reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is due to expire on December 31.

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

Communications Daily: Mass. Legislators ‘Dig In’ on Data Privacy 

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• News

WWLP: Creepy ads seen as tip of larger data privacy problem 

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• News

Tech Policy Press: Evaluating the Argument Over the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act 

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• News

CFPB and FTC Cite TransUnion for Violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission took joint action to protect consumers from violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by TransUnion. The agencies found that TransUnion violated rules governing tenant screening and that the company failed to timely place or remove security freezes on users’ accounts.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

Bloomberg Law: Data Protection Leaders Differ on Powers of New US Privacy Law 

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• News

Strengthening Privacy and Data Protection Policy in the National Cybersecurity Strategy

EPIC is launching a new project on Strengthening Privacy and Cybersecurity Standards, with the support of craig newmark philanthropies’ Cyber Civil Defense Initiative, to advance important elements of the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Encryption

• Health Privacy

• Location Tracking

• Presidential Directives

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

In Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, a Dangerous Opportunity for SCOTUS to Make it Harder to Establish Informational Standing

This morning, the Supreme Court will hear argument in an interesting—and, unfortunately, salacious—case about Article III standing. Acheson Hotels v. Laufer is about whether a person with disabilities has the right to sue a hotel when the hotel fails to provide accessibility information on their website as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. 

• Access to Information

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

The Record: Federal privacy legislation is the ‘foundation for any AI efforts,’ key lawmaker says 

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• News

EPIC, CDD, Fairplay Urge FTC to Require Independent Audit of Face-Scanning Parental Consent Tool

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC, the Center for Digital Democracy, and Fairplay urged the FTC to center privacy and data security risks as it evaluates Yoti Inc’s proposed face-scanning tool for obtaining verifiable parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

• Children's Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates