Worker Privacy

  • PPC Land: Your work apps collect more data than you think, study finds

    April 27, 2026

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • News

  • EPIC Testifies in Support of Colorado Bill on Surveillance Pricing and Wages

    March 16, 2026

    EPIC Senior Counsel Calli Schroeder testified Thursday before the Colorado House Business & Labor Committee in support of a bill that would protect Coloradans from algorithms exploiting their personal data to set individual prices on goods and services or wage amounts.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Joins Coalition Endorsing Empowering App-Based Workers Act  

    December 11, 2025

    In a letter sent to Congress this week, EPIC joined a coalition endorsing the Empowering App-Based Workers Act, a bill introduced by senators Schatz, Murphy, and Baldwin to create transparency and fairness for workers and accountability for tech companies. The letter urges members of Congress to co-sponsor the bill.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC’s Insights from a Five-Year Retrospective on State Attorneys General Privacy Enforcement and Tools for the Work Ahead

    October 30, 2025

    • Age Assurance

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Children's Privacy

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Communications Privacy

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Health and Reproductive Privacy

    • Location Tracking

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

    • Privacy Laws

    • Robocalls

    • Student Privacy

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Analysis

  • California Privacy Agency Brings Enforcement Action Protecting Worker Privacy for the First Time 

    October 2, 2025

    On Tuesday, September 30, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) fined Tractor Supply Company for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the CPPA’s first enforcement action for a privacy violation that harms California workers. Specifically, Tractor Supply Company was fined for violations that included failing to notify California job applicants of their privacy rights and how to exercise them. 

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • MadameNoire: Your Boss Might Be Watching You 

    August 28, 2025

    • Data Protection

    • Worker Privacy

    • News

  • EPIC Calls Out CPPA as Board Votes to Adopt Weak Risk Assessment, ADMT, and Cybersecurity Regulations 

    July 24, 2025

    Today, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board voted 5-0 to finalize regulations on cybersecurity, risk assessments, and automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) that have been in progress since early 2023. 

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • Risk Assessments

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • PRESS RELEASE: Report: Privacy Harms from AI Necessitate Robust Risk Assessments

    June 25, 2025

    Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) released Assessing the Assessments: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Algorithmic & Privacy Risk Assessments.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • Risk Assessments

    • Student Privacy

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Updates

  • Assessing the Assessments

    June 25, 2025

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • Risk Assessments

    • Student Privacy

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Worker Privacy

    • Publications

  • Gizmodo: With Its Destruction of Government Data Silos, DOGE Is Building a ‘Surveillance Weapon’

    May 7, 2025

    • Data Protection

    • Government Databases

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Worker Privacy

    • News