Tag: data privacy

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

California Legislative Session Roundup: Which Key Privacy and AI Bills Were Enacted and Which Were Vetoed? 

October 11, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed many privacy and AI bills into law, but he also vetoed three major tech bills.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Consumer Privacy

• Analysis

EPIC Publishes Model Privacy Bill as Practical Solution for States

September 24, 2024

The model bill provides meaningful privacy protections, prohibits data-driven discrimination, and allows consumers to hold businesses accountable for violating their privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

Wristwatched: A New Frontier of Health Monitoring in Prisons

August 22, 2024

For over two decades, states have used electronic monitoring, or e-monitoring, to track and limit the movements of individuals on parole or pre-trial through wearable technology.

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC Praises CFPB’s Proposal to Ban Medical Debt from Credit Reports 

August 13, 2024

In comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, EPIC expressed support for the CFPB’s proposed rules to largely prohibit the inclusion of medical debt information on credit reports. The proposed rules would protect the privacy of consumers’ sensitive medical information and promote fairness and accuracy in credit reporting.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Updates

Google Backtracks on Its Promise to Deprecate Third-Party Cookies 

July 30, 2024

Last week, Google announced that it no longer plans to stop supporting third-party cookies on its browser, Google Chrome.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

EPIC Urges VT Governor to Sign Vermont Data Privacy Act  

May 24, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

APRA Discussion Draft Advanced by House Subcommittee  

May 23, 2024

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Updates

Data Brokers Threaten National Security. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking Can Reduce the Threat.

April 30, 2024

Data brokers—companies that aggregate and sell our personal data—are a well-known threat to privacy. But data brokers do more than degrade our privacy; they also pose a serious threat to national security.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Analysis

EPIC’s Jake Wiener to Testify on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland 

February 29, 2024

EPIC counsel Jake Wiener will testify in Maryland in support of a bill enacting strong privacy protections for automated ticketing systems.

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates