Tag: Data Security

  • Bankrupt Genetic Data: Minimizing and Privacy-Protecting Data from the Start

    April 14, 2025

    The scenario now at hand—an untold number of buyers able to potentially grab up the genetic data troves collected and analyzed by 23andMe—is a forceful reminder of the need for better data privacy and security protections. Nothing can eliminate the possibility that a company collecting data goes bankrupt. But companies and policymakers can and should do better in mitigating the risks from any potential bankruptcy-data fallout ahead of time.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Health and Reproductive Privacy

    • Analysis

  • 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

  • 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