Tag: Consumer Privacy

  • Colorado AG’s Office Finalizes Colorado Privacy Act Rules

    Last month the Colorado Attorney General’s Office finalized the Colorado Privacy Act Rules after a months-long, iterative rulemaking process.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Encourages NTIA to Maintain Focus on Commercial Data Harms

    EPIC submitted comments yesterday in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s Request for Comment on Privacy, Equity and Civil Rights, encouraging NTIA to maintain its focus on harmful commercial data practices that disproportionately impact marginalized and historically excluded communities. EPIC urged NTIA to back robust oversight mechanisms and data minimization standards rather than an outdated self-regulatory model that fails to prevent consumer harms. Specifically, EPIC recommended algorithmic transparency requirements and mandatory risk and impact assessments because the “onus to avoid harms cannot rest on consumers.”

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Updates

  • FTC Fines Online Therapy Company BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sharing Health Data

    Today the FTC announced an enforcement action against BetterHelp, fining the online counseling company $7.8 million and banning it from sharing consumer health data for advertising purposes.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Health Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Supports EEOC’s Draft Strategic Plan and Recommends Further Inquiry

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Updates

  • GoodRx Enforcement Action Signals FTC’s Invigorated Commitment to Health Privacy

    When your alarm went off this morning, the first thing you did was check your phone to see how many hours you had slept on your sleep tracking app. The next step in your morning routine was to throw on your smart watch and start your day (hopefully you’ll hit 10,000 steps).

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Health Privacy

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Will Expand Work on Privacy and Tech Oversight in 2023

    For nearly thirty years, EPIC has been fighting to secure the fundamental right to privacy for all, and the fight has never been more important. 2022 was a momentous year that brought new threats—in particular, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, which undid 50 years of precedent protecting the constitutional right to privacy—but also hope for the future. In 2023, EPIC will work to establish strong, comprehensive privacy and digital civil rights across the United States; we will help to develop new fairness and accountability mechanisms to ensure that AI and automated decision-making systems do not exacerbate inequities and discrimination; and we will work to ensure that intelligence and law enforcement surveillance programs are subject to robust oversight.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis