Updates

EPIC Urges D.C. Council to Protect Student Privacy and Pass Strong Procurement Guidelines for Edtech

October 22, 2026

EPIC submitted public testimony to the D.C. Council Committee of the Whole urging them to pass strong procurement guidelines for technology that utilizes AI or automated decision-making systems in schools.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Risk Assessments

• Screening & Scoring

• Student Privacy

• Updates

Meta Fined $25 Billion by New Mexican Court for Violating Privacy During Cambridge Analytica Scandal 

October 22, 2026

On Wednesday, the New Mexico Department of Justice announced that the state is issuing a $25 billion penalty against Meta for the company’s violations of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Joins Coalition Urging New York Governor to Sign and Strengthen Surveillance Pricing Law

October 22, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Pricing

• Updates

EPIC, Tech Justice Law, and Scholars Urge Ninth Circuit to Reject Big Tech’s Claim That Addictive, Surveillance-Based Feeds Are Protected Speech

October 21, 2026

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• The First Amendment

• Updates

New Jersey Advances Strong Chatbot Regulations Based on EPIC’s People-First Model

October 20, 2026

The bill would put strong privacy safeguards in place for chatbots as well as create a liability framework that will allow New Jerseyans harmed by chatbots to hold companies accountable in court.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Chatbots

• Consumer Privacy

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: Voting Rights and Privacy Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration Over Secretive Collection of Millions of Americans’ Voter Records

October 15, 2026

The League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s secretive and unlawful effort to collect and compile sensitive personal information about millions of American voters into a massive nationwide database.

• Data Protection

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

Sen. Gillibrand Introduces U.S. Data Protection Agency Bill

October 7, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Updates

EPIC to NYC Council: Address the AI Harms Already Affecting New Yorkers

October 7, 2026

On Monday, Mayu Tobin-Miyaji, Counsel at EPIC, testified at New York City Council’s rare council-wide hearing on a series of bills to establish safeguards on artificial intelligence (AI).

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Chatbots

• Commercial AI Use

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Offers Comments on Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Rulemaking 

October 5, 2026

On October 2, EPIC provided comments on two proposed rules announced by the Vermont Attorney General implementing Vermont’s Age-Appropriate Design Code.

• Age Assurance

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Updates

EPIC Files Amicus Brief Challenging Spirit Airlines’ Bankruptcy Sale of Employee Data to Google

October 2, 2026

On Thursday, EPIC, along with Professor Seema Patel, filed an amicus brief using privacy grounds to challenge the sale of sensitive employee data in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings to Google to be used for AI training. The brief was filed with Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic’s representation. 

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Data Protection

• Worker Privacy

• Updates