Tag: Data Brokers

  • Eleventh Circuit Vacates Robocall Consent Protection Before It Takes Effect

    January 30, 2025

    On January 24, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission's Rule requiring individualized consent to send consumers robocalls.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Robocalls

    • Updates

  • These Pregnancy Apps May Be Sources for a Location Data Broker

    January 30, 2025

    Russian hackers posted on the dark web in early January with a news-making claim: they had breached notorious location data broker Gravy Analytics. On top of leaking a sample of phone pings in the White House, the Kremlin, and Vatican City, the hackers revealed another troubling possibility: the broker extracting data from a host of pregnancy and reproductive health apps.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Health and Reproductive Privacy

    • Analysis

  • EPIC, Coalition Caution Against the Use of Information From Commercial Data Brokers in Research

    January 15, 2025

    EPIC joined the Brennan Center, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project in comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding “Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data.”

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Government Databases

    • Privacy in Public

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • What is Real Time Bidding?

    January 15, 2025

    Real Time Bidding (RTB) is an online advertising auction that uses sensitive personal information to facilitate the process to determine which digital ad will be displayed to a user on a given website or application. It happens 178 trillion times every year across the U.S. and Europe.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Analysis

  • FCC Tightens Rules for Robocall Mitigation Database Filings, After Threatening Mass Enforcement for Pervasive Non-Compliance

    January 10, 2025

    On January 8, the FCC released its Report and Order updating requirements for its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD).

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Robocalls

    • Updates

  • DOJ Finalizes Mixed Bag Data Broker Regulation

    January 8, 2025

    On December 27, the Department of Justice (DOJ) finalized its rule on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • Judge Upholds New Jersey Law Protecting Public Officials’ Privacy and Security

    December 3, 2024

    A Federal Judge last week rejected a constitutional challenge against Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey law that allows judges, law enforcement officers, and other public officials to request to have their personal information, including their home address and phone number, removed from websites.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • The First Amendment

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges DOJ to Clarify and Strengthen Proposed Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Personal Data

    November 27, 2024

    On November 27, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC, Coalition Call on CFPB to Move Forward in Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking 

    November 5, 2024

    EPIC and a coalition of civil society organizations and experts sent a letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to release a proposed rule to strengthen the Fair Credit Reporting Act as soon as possible.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Backs CPPA’s Efforts to Strengthen Data Broker Registry

    August 20, 2024

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Updates