European Bodies Held Accountable for Privacy Violations

EPIC Pushes NIST to Focus its Approach to Generative AI Risks Around Who and How AI Harms

June 4, 2024

This past weekend, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with feedback on three draft documents the agency has produced in response to President Biden’s AI Executive Order, including additional recommendations on generative AI risk classification, AI transparency, and stakeholder engagement.

AI Policy
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
Commercial AI Use
Government AI Use
Updates

EPIC Applauds FTC Prohibition Against Avast’s Disclosure of Sensitive Information for Advertising Purposes

April 29, 2024

Avast marketed software to consumers that the company promised would limit tracking online by blocking invasive third-party cookies. But even as it promised privacy protection, Avast collected and sold consumers’ sensitive browsing information to third parties.

Consumer Privacy
Data Protection
Intelligence Surveillance
Surveillance Oversight
Updates

EPIC Urges DOJ to Harmonize Data Broker Regulations with Larger Federal Push Against Commercial Surveillance

April 23, 2024

On April 19, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) advanced notice of proposed rule making (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
Updates

Data Minimization: Bolstering The FTC’s Health Data Privacy Authority

July 13, 2023

Among the categories of personal data collected seemingly without restriction in the United States, consumer health data is both particularly sensitive and particularly lucrative. In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in telehealth, health and fitness apps, and other online health products, resulting in an enormous volume of health data collection and abuse that falls outside of the narrow protections of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Consumer Privacy
Data Protection
Enforcement of Privacy Laws
Health Privacy
Analysis

Data Minimization: Limiting the Scope of Permissible Data Uses to Protect Consumers

May 4, 2023

This is the second in a series of blog posts about EPIC’s proposal for a data minimization standard to limit commercial surveillance and protect consumer privacy.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
Data Protection
Enforcement of Privacy Laws
Analysis

Data Minimization: Centering Reasonable Consumer Expectation in the FTC’s Commercial Surveillance Rulemaking

April 20, 2023

We face a data privacy crisis in the United States. Unrestricted data collection has eroded consumer privacy.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
Enforcement of Privacy Laws
Analysis