Tag: Data Security

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

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

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

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 Commends CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rulemaking 

December 1, 2023

EPIC joined Public Citizen and a coalition of civil society organizations this week in expressing support for the goals of the CFPB’s proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule. The rulemaking aims to enhance consumer privacy and data security and promote competition in the financial services industry.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

FTC Updates Safeguards Rule to Require Data Breach Reporting, Adopts EPIC Recommendations

October 27, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule that requires non-banking financial institutions to report certain data breaches and other security events to the Commission.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Updates

EPIC Commends FTC’s Vitagene Genetic and Health Data Settlement

July 25, 2023

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC commended the FTC for taking enforcement action against direct-to-consumer genetic testing company Vitagene for unfair and deceptive trade practices involving genetic and health information.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Commends FTC for Including Data Minimization & Data Rights in Chegg Settlement

December 14, 2022

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Updates

FTC Announces Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

August 11, 2022

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Security

• Updates