Tag: data privacy

EPIC Commends Oregon for Enacting Heightened Protections for Location, Minors’ Data

June 4, 2025

Yesterday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed H.B. 2008, a bill that amends the Oregon Data Privacy Law to ban the sale of precise geolocation data and the data of minors under 16.
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Condemns CFPB’s Withdrawal of Proposed Rules to Rein in Data Brokers

May 14, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is withdrawing a proposal to crack down on the data brokers that profit from buying and selling our most sensitive personal information at industrial scale.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Statements
EPIC Urges California Privacy Protection Agency to Resist Industry Pressure to Weaken Draft Regulations

May 2, 2025

EPIC urges the CPPA to restore the regulations to their more privacy-protective earlier iterations.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- Risk Assessments
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Workplace Privacy
- Updates
EPIC, NCL, CFA, and Others Urge CFPB to Rein in Harmful Data Broker Practices

April 2, 2025

In a comment filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today, EPIC, the National Consumers League (NCL), and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) urged the CFPB to finalize rules that would protect consumers from harm caused by data brokers.
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Security
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
Trump Administration’s Attacks on the CFPB Threaten Privacy, Data Security, and the Stability of the Financial Industry

March 7, 2025

Since its founding in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a champion for consumers in the financial services industry. The Bureau has returned over $21 billion to consumers in its 14 years of operation. Yet the Trump Administration has launched a full-scale attack on the CFPB over the past month, putting the Project 2025 goal of eliminating the CFPB into action.
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Defeating the DOGE
- Government Records & Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Analysis
EPIC Testifies Against Maryland Bill that Would Gut Data Minimization in Privacy Law

March 6, 2025

This bill would replace the current strong data minimization rule with one that would allow companies to collect whatever data they want, for whatever purpose they want, as long as they list that purpose in their privacy policy.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Washington Committee Votes to Advance Strong Privacy Bill

February 18, 2025

The legislation is based on EPIC and Consumer Reports’ model state privacy bill.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of New Mexico Privacy Bill

February 14, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Washington State Privacy Bill

February 4, 2025

EPIC Deputy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified today in support of Washington HB 1671, the People's Privacy Act.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
Virginia bill banning sale of location data passes Senate

February 4, 2025

The Virginia Senate passed a bill today that would prohibit the sale of precise geolocation data.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates