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Check out this smart piece on New York City's push to ban surveillance pricing, which features EPIC Law Fellow Mayu Tobi...
06/24/2026

Check out this smart piece on New York City's push to ban surveillance pricing, which features EPIC Law Fellow Mayu Tobin-Miyaji ⬇️

States have attempted to prevent companies from using personal information to set prices. New York City wants to give the public a chance to enforce the law.

Last week, EPIC urged the California Senate Privacy Committee to make amendments to AB 1709, a bill that—in its current ...
06/23/2026

Last week, EPIC urged the California Senate Privacy Committee to make amendments to AB 1709, a bill that—in its current form—would ban minors from having accounts on social media platforms that provide an addictive feed to any user.

EPIC strongly supports strong social media regulations to keep kids safe online and protect consumers from manipulative and addictive design practices. But flatly banning minors from platforms is not the right way to achieve those goals.

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On Thursday, EPIC submitted a letter to the California Senate Privacy Committee urging amendments to AB 1709, a bill that—in its current form—would ban minors from having accounts on social media platforms that provide an addictive feed to any user.

Yesterday, EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center submitted comments objecting to the Consumer Financial Protection B...
06/23/2026

Yesterday, EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center submitted comments objecting to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to permit the disclosure of employee records to the media and the public under certain circumstances.

“If this proposal is implemented, it would threaten the privacy, financial, and physical safety of CFPB personnel and potentially enable the CFPB to retaliate against former employees by releasing their personal information,” our filing reads.

The change would also undermine FOIA and violate the Privacy Act.

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On Monday, EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center submitted comments in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to permit the disclosure of employee records to the media and the public under certain circumstances.

BIG PRIVACY WIN: A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to meddle in elections, fin...
06/22/2026

BIG PRIVACY WIN: A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s unlawful attempt to meddle in elections, finding that “the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote.”

“Today’s decision is a victory for us all. By halting the illegal consolidation of sensitive personal data across federal agencies, the court has safeguarded not only our privacy rights but also the bedrock of our democracy: the right to vote,” said EPIC Deputy Director and Director of Enforcement John Davisson. “The ruling underscores that government agencies must follow the law, defend privacy, and remain accountable to the public they serve.”

The case, League of Women Voters v. U.S. DHS, was filed in response to the administration's efforts to unlawfully transform the DHS’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system into a national citizenship database, which was then used by some states to erroneously purge voter rolls and open criminal investigations.

EPIC proudly served as co-plaintiffs alongside the League of Women Voters of the US, League of Women Voters of Virginia, League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and League of Women Voters of Texas. Democracy Forward , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Fair Elections Center represented the coalition.

Read the press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– A Trump-Vance administration attempt to unlawfully meddle in elections was struck down today, as a federal judge ordered the

EPIC is proud to endorse two key worker privacy bills that were introduced by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Brian Schatz, ...
06/22/2026

EPIC is proud to endorse two key worker privacy bills that were introduced by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Brian Schatz, and Cory Booker last week: the No Robot Bosses Act and the Stop Spying Bosses Act.

“The No Robot Bosses Act & Stop Spying Bosses Act protect America’s workers from opaque automated systems that invade their privacy and are used to unfairly judge their competence, scrutinize their every move, and interfere with their ability to collectively organize for better pay and better work,” said EPIC Deputy Director and Policy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald.

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On Thursday, EPIC endorsed two key worker privacy bills introduced by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Brian Schatz, and Cory Booker: the No Robot Bosses Act and the Stop Spying Bosses Act.

Yesterday, EPIC Law Fellow Mayu Tobin-Miyaji testified before a NYC Council committee in support of a bill that would pr...
06/18/2026

Yesterday, EPIC Law Fellow Mayu Tobin-Miyaji testified before a NYC Council committee in support of a bill that would protect New Yorkers from surveillance pricing.

EPIC encourages the Council to advance this legislation, which would amend the NYC administrative code to prohibit retailers from setting individualized prices based on consumers’ personal data.

We also recommended two key changes to ensure the strongest possible protections for New Yorkers.

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On Wednesday, EPIC Law Fellow Mayu Tobin- Miyaji testified before the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection of the New York City Council in support of Int. No. 891, a bill that would protect New Yorkers from surveillance pricing.

On Monday, EPIC Executive Director and President Alan Butler spoke to the American Bar Association's Section of Civil Ri...
06/16/2026

On Monday, EPIC Executive Director and President Alan Butler spoke to the American Bar Association's Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice about the privacy implications of using administrative warrants in immigration enforcement.

Butler and Washington University Law Professor Sheldon Evans discussed the foundations of U.S. privacy protections, law enforcement’s history of abusing administrative warrants and other processes that don’t require judicial oversight, and what U.S. residents should know when it comes to such warrants.

Watch the conversation here:

Legal experts Professor Sheldon Evans of Washington University Scho...

On Friday, EPIC joined a coalition of more than 20 civil society organizations urging the Council of the EU to reconside...
06/15/2026

On Friday, EPIC joined a coalition of more than 20 civil society organizations urging the Council of the EU to reconsider the European Commission’s proposed changes to the General Data Protection Regulation.

The Digital Omnibus proposal to simplify the EU’s digital legislative framework would significancy erode consumers’ fundamental privacy rights.

“Simplification cannot mean weaker transparency, weaker access rights, weaker protection for sensitive data, weaker complaint mechanisms, or weaker accountability for automated decision-making,” the coalition said.

EPIC joined a coalition of more than 20 civil society organizations to urge the Council of the EU to reconsider the European Commission’s proposed changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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