Updates

  • EPIC Supports Delaware Bill to Expand State’s Privacy Law

    June 12, 2026

    The bill, H.B. 380, would amend the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges Democrats Who Voted to Reauthorize Unreformed FISA Section 702 to Reconsider

    June 11, 2026

    On Thursday, EPIC joined more than 90 civil society organizations in urging 42 Demoratic members to reconsider their decision to vote for the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without crucial reforms. 

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • FISA Section 702 Almost Certain to Expire After House Votes Against Extension, EPIC Continues to Urge Reforms

    June 11, 2026

    Thursday morning, the U.S. House failed to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), all but ensuring the law will lapse on Friday night for the first time since its passage in 2008.  The House is not expected to vote again until June 23.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Privacy in Public

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Testifies in Support of New Jersey Kids Code Act

    June 11, 2026

    On Thursday, EPIC Counsel Suzanne Bernstein testified in support of the New Jersey Kids Code Act, an age-appropriate design code that targets specific data use and design practices that harm minors online. The bill was voted out of committee and now moves on to the NJ Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. 

    • Children's Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • Pulte’s ODNI Appointment Shows Urgency of Reforming FISA, EPIC and Coalition Warn 

    June 10, 2026

    On Wednesday, EPIC joined a coalition of more than 70 civil society groups in urging Democratic leaders in Congress to block the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) given President Donald Trump’s pick for acting Director of National Intelligence. 

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • White House Publishes National Security Presidential Memorandum, Removing Guardrails on AI

    June 9, 2026

    On June 5, 2026, the Trump administration issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM 11) on Artificial Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise. This memorandum furthers the Trump administration’s efforts to accelerate the adoption and deployment of AI systems in national security by instructing the heads of multiple agencies working on national security, military operations, intelligence, and government data processing to adapt policies and contracts to that effect. 

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Cybersecurity

    • Government AI Use

    • Presidential Directives

    • Updates

  • FTC Finalizes Settlement with Illuminate Education, Heeding EPIC’s Call to Strengthen Data Minimization Requirements

    June 9, 2026

    On Friday the FTC finalized a revised consent order with Illuminate Education that incorporates many of EPIC’s recommendations to strengthen the data minimization section of the order.

    • Children's Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Data Protection

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • Connecticut Is Second State to Enact Surveillance Pricing Ban

    June 4, 2026

    Today, June 4, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a surveillance pricing ban into law, making Connecticut the second state after Maryland to pass a law prohibiting businesses from using shoppers’ personal data to set individualized prices. Surveillance pricing is an unfair practice that hurts affordability, contributes to privacy harms, takes advantage of consumers at their most vulnerable, and can discriminate against people based on protected characteristics such as race.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • Updates

  • PRESS RELEASE: Massachusetts House Stands Up for Privacy Rights, Passes Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act

    June 4, 2026

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • New York Becomes Third State to Pass Surveillance Pricing Ban

    June 4, 2026

    The New York Legislature passed the One Fair Price Act on Thursday, making it the third state to pass a surveillance pricing ban after Maryland and Connecticut. The bill will soon advance to the desk of Gov. Kathy Hochul, and EPIC urges her to sign this important legislation.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Minimization

    • Online Advertising & Tracking

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Pricing

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates