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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.

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📰 EPIC News Roundup In the past two weeks, EPIC has spoken with the press on timely issues from DOGE’s invasive government data access to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)’s phone tracking program. Keep reading this thread get a sneak peek ⬇️🧵 #News #NewsUpdates #Privacy

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EPIC has been diligently speaking with the press to raise awareness about the dangers of 23andMe’s bankruptcy. Read EPIC’s blog post dissecting the lack of privacy safeguards surrounding consumer genetic data 🧬: epic.org/somebody-spi... #23andMe #HealthPrivacy #HealthData #GeneticData

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If passed, #Maryland HB 956 would establish an AI working group with no public interest representatives. EPIC joined 8 other organizations in a letter to a Maryland Senate Committee opposing the bill. Read the letter ✉: epic.org/documents/ma... #AILegislation #AIGovernance

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Last night, Virginia Gov. Youngkin vetoed a proposed Virginia bill seeking to regulate high-risk AI systems used in key decision contexts, such as housing and employment. 🚨 🧵 epic.org/virginia-gov...

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Privacy and transparency can coexist in a healthy democracy ⚖️. Last Thursday, EPIC’s Jeramie Scott spoke on a Sunshine Fest session panel about how to balance privacy with transparency. #SunshineWeek

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🧬 Americans are rightly concerned about the privacy of their genetic data as 23andMe goes up for sale. investors.23andme.com/news-release... #23andMe #DNA #Genetics

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An order issued by President Trump on Thursday signals the administration’s intent to further defy federal privacy safeguards, force states to hand over sensitive data, and potentially make legally protected statistical information available to the DOGE for its own ends. epic.org/press-releas... 1/3

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EPIC is backing an effort by Rep Trahan to gather info from the public about how the Privacy Act of 1974 should be updated. Adopted in the aftermath of Watergate, the Privacy Act is the principal law governing the collection & disclosure of personal info held by fed agencies epic.org/epic-backs-r...

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#SunshineWeek has been every week for us for over 30 years! 🌞 Read our timeline to learn about key open government events and some of EPIC’s #OpenGovernment milestones.

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Happening today! ⬇️ ☀️

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More #SunshineWeek highlights, EPIC recently sued OPM about its attempts to collect sensitive info on federal workers and whether or not it is following all the necessary security protocols to protect this info and its databases. Read more from @abigailkunkler.bsky.social: epic.org/is-opm-more-...

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“The Federal Trade Commission has worked to protect consumers for more than 100 years. President Trump’s illegal attempt to fire independent commissioners is an affront to the rule of law and makes all Americans less safe,” said EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler. epic.org/press-releas...

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The Trump administration’s systemic gutting of the federal workforce casts a shadow over #OpenGovernment. States have a chance to preserve and enhance democracy if they stop creating greater barriers to access information. #SunshineWeek ➡️ Read more from EPIC's Kabbas Azhar: epic.org/as-above-doe...

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It’s #SunshineWeek! ☀️ At EPIC, we utilize #OpenGovernment laws, like FOIA, to expose secretive government surveillance programs and prevent the exploitation of people's data. Stay tuned this all this week to see how we leverage these laws for public good: epic.org/rays-ing-the...

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Yesterday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against CA’s Age-Appropriate Design Code in its entirety. The judge's 1st Amend. analysis flouted directions from the 9th Cir. & SCOTUS to more critically examine Big Tech’s demands for broad relief from regulation. epic.org/judge-in-cal...

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🔍 The search is on for EPIC’s 2025 International Privacy Champion! (more info below ⬇️🧵) Please submit the name of your nominee and a brief description of their work here: forms.office.com/r/4smmqV9ta5 by April 1, 2025.

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Catch @johndavisson.bsky.social in @wired.com: “Ignoring those safeguards and haphazardly putting systems at multiple agencies under the thumb of a single engineer obliterates those protections. They’re hotwiring the federal government with a total disregard for privacy and data security.”

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Let’s celebrate Sunshine Week! Join Jeramie Scott, EPIC Senior Counsel Director of EPIC's Project on Surveillance Oversight, at Sunshine Fest’s Privacy and Transparency session on March 20,1:15 pm – 2:15 pm ET. View the full Sunshine Fest schedule 🕒: sunshineweek.org/sunshine-fes... #OpenGov #FOI

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Senators Edward Markey and Bill Cassidy reintroduced the bipartisan Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. 👪 #COPPA 2.0 would ban targeted advertising to children and teens and include strong data minimization rules limiting the collection and use of children and teens’ data. #Privacy

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